Editing Asher, Oklahoma

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| official_name            = Asher, Oklahoma
| settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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| nickname                 = Baseball City
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| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Oklahoma]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oklahoma|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma|Pottawatomie]]
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = [[Post Office 1901]]
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| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
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| area_total_sq_mi         = 0.77
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| area_water_percent       = 0
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 997
| population_total         = 370
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_density_km2   = 186.02
| population_density_sq_mi = 481.77
| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset               = -6
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| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 74826
| area_code                = [[Area codes 405 and 572|405/572]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 40-03000<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
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'''Asher''' is a town in [[Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma|Pottawatomie County]], [[Oklahoma]]. The population was 393 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]], a decline of 6.2 percent from the figure of 419 in 2000.<ref>[http://censusviewer.com/city/OK/Asher CensusViewer:Population of the City of Asher, Oklahoma]</ref>

==Geography==
Asher is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 177 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 177]] and [[Oklahoma State Highway 39|State Highway 39]] in Pottawatomie County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

===Nearby areas===
Asher is approximately {{convert|30|mi|km}} south of [[Interstate 40 in Oklahoma|I-40]] and {{convert|34|mi|km}} east of [[Interstate 35 in Oklahoma|I-35]]. Nearby cities (with a 15,000+ population) include [[Ada, Oklahoma|Ada]] (21 miles south) and [[Shawnee, Oklahoma|Shawnee]] (27 miles north). Asher is located two miles (3&nbsp;km) west of [[Chisholm Spring, Oklahoma|Chisholm Spring]], once the site of a trading post operated by [[Jesse Chisholm]], for whom the famous cattle trail was named.<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Police Chief Vigilant... |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |date= 1989-09-09 }}</ref> A Chisholm family home and cemetery are also located in Asher.<ref>{{cite news|title=Family of Jesse Chisholm to meet Friday at COJC |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |date= 2007-03-14 }}</ref> The [[Sacred Heart, Oklahoma|Sacred Heart Mission Site]] is nine miles east of Asher.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 381
|1920= 370
|1930= 653
|1940= 507
|1950= 420
|1960= 343
|1970= 437
|1980= 659
|1990= 449
|2000= 419
|2010= 393
|2020= 370
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[2010 United States Census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 393 people, 161 households, and 106 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|491.25|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 184 housing units at an average density of {{convert|230|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 75.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] and 13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], with the remainder of another race or mixed race. The population included 10 [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] individuals.

There were 161 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, half (49.7%) were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.1% had a single householder with no spouse present, and 34.2% were non-families. Individuals living alone accounted for 29.2% of households. Individuals living alone who were 65 years of age or older accounted for 14.3% of households. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,962, and the median income for a family was $44,444. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,340. An estimated 9.2% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 20.8% of those age 65 or over.

==History==

===Beginnings===
Asher dates back to 1892 when George "Matt" Asher, from Clay County, Kentucky, purchased land in [[Oklahoma Territory]] from a Shawnee estate salesperson to set up his farm home. The post office was established November 26, 1901, when the postmaster of nearby [[Avoca, Oklahoma]], George A. McCurry, moved the Avoca post office and his store to the new community that would become Asher. This was done without permission from the government and left Avoca without a post office. According to the tale, McCurry was given a home and store building as payment for moving the post office to the new settlement. The town was named for Mr. Asher, who supplied the land with the consideration the community would carry his namesake, though he never lived there.<ref name="EOHC-Asher">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AS003 Robert E. Seikel, "Asher," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' ]</ref> There was a sale of public lots in 1902.

===Avoca Township===
{{Main|Avoca Township, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma}}

Asher is the last remaining post office in the original Avoca Township, which also included the towns of [[Sacred Heart, Oklahoma|Sacred Heart Mission]], Osmit, Avoca, Meanko, Boyer and Violet.

===Growth===
[[File:AsherOKTrainDepot (2308497707).jpg|thumb|left|alt=text|Rock Island Train Depot, Asher, 1902. The station was located at the west end of Main St., west of what is now US 177. The stationmaster, Bill Bailey, is pictured.]]

On October 12, 1900, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf (CO&G) bought the Shawnee to Tecumseh Railway branch from the Tecumseh Railway Co. and promptly extended the branch to Asher. For the next 40 years, Asher would serve as the termination point for the branch and its engine, "[[Old Beck]]". Rapid construction of railroads opened up {{convert|400|sqmi|km2}} of a fertile section of the South [[Canadian River]] valley to shipping facilities. Asher was the trade center and market of the area. Further development came when, on January 15, 1903, The Jennings Company closed on 1,000 business and residence lots. The Jennings Company advertised investment in the growing town and new factories and industries of various kinds soon located in Asher.

Asher and the new settlers had hopes of creating a large city. However, the settlers were disappointed when the towns of Seminole and Konawa were built and took away much of Asher's trade. The people of Asher would not give up, and pulled together town resources and constructed a bridge across the Canadian River. The state then used the bridge in its construction of [[Oklahoma State Highway 18|State Highway 18]], drawing a small amount of trade to the area from nearby cities, such as Ada. Before the construction of the bridge, those south of Asher could only cross the river when it was shallow enough.

Asher, originally a cotton farming community, suffered in its early years from crop losses caused by boll weevils. Farmers were then dealt a further blow when the town's first two cotton gins were destroyed by fire. These setbacks compounded the loss of trade and left the town in dire straits.

[[File:Graham Hotel.jpg|thumb|Graham Hotel on Asher's Main Street, 1918]]

In 1927, oil was discovered in and around the town. Asher sprang up almost overnight to serve the needs of the oil workers. It was also around this time that executives moved into Asher and purchased enormous amounts of supplies and merchandise at inflated prices. There were many businesses in town including feed and grocery stores, jewelry stores and drug stores as well as banks, barber shops, hotels and a small theater. Many leading families of Oklahoma, such as the McAlisters, the O'Dells, the Patterson's, the Campbells and the Byruns, lived in the town. There were also many doctors with offices in Asher. For a while, Asher became prosperous.

===County Seat potential===
[[Tecumseh, Oklahoma]], was originally the county seat of Pottawatomie County. In late 1930, a long-standing war between Shawnee and Tecumseh escalated when voters approved measures to move the seat to Shawnee. A spin-off of this feud was the move for the creation of a new county, to be named Petroleum County. The new county would be composed of prime oil-producing land, including the southern half of Pottawatomie County and portions of Seminole, Pontotoc and McClain Counties. The move was started by Tecumseh supporters who wanted to make Shawnee's county seat victory as hollow as possible by removing the most valuable section of the county. Asher was slated to be the county seat and it was planned that the greater part of Tecumseh would move down to form an impressive community. There was a paper--''The Petroleum County Times''—produced, meetings held and petitions circulated. However, the measure never progressed further as times were not favorable for the creation of a new county.<ref name="Fortson 1936 72">{{cite book
| last       = Fortson
| first      = John
| title      = POTT COUNTRY...
| publisher  = Herald Printing
| year       = 1936
| location   = Shawnee, OK
| pages      = 72
}}</ref>

===End of the oil boom===
The [[oil boom]] ended when only four wells proved to be profitable. Once again, Asher was in danger of dying out. Fortunately, another oil well was found just west of the town. This time the people connected to the well were local citizens and were cautious and conservative in their estimates and spending. This led to a small but steady production of oil in the community.<ref>{{cite news|title=People Worked for Town |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |year= 1990 }}</ref><ref name="Looking Back">{{cite news|title=Looking Back |publisher=Wanette Newsletter |date= January 1988}}</ref><ref name="This is Oklahoma">{{cite news|title=This is Oklahoma |publisher=Oklahoma's Orbit (Oklahoman) |date= 6 March 1960}}</ref> Asher was dealt another setback in 1967 when SH-18 was taken out of commission and traffic was diverted west of town on the new [[U.S. Highway 177 (Oklahoma)|US Highway 177]]. Businesses migrated to the new highway and many storefronts in the original town were closed. The final business, Green's Market, which was located on Division Street (old SH-18) closed in 1985, after serving the community for 40 years.<ref name="Sleepy">{{cite news|title=Sleepy Hamlet Sees 'End of an Era' |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |date= 1985-06-09 }}</ref> Several businesses on US-177 remain, mostly serving those traveling through the area.

===Centennial===
In 2001, Asher celebrated its 100th anniversary. The town, along with others in the county that had passed the [[centennial]] mark, was honored on a centennial monument dedicated September 21, 2007. This date was chosen to coincide with the Oklahoma Centennial. Other Asher honorees were the First Baptist Church, which was founded in 1902 and Asher School, which was established in 1903. The monument is located in Centennial Park, on the grounds of the [[Santa Fe Railroad|Santa Fe]] Museum, in [[Shawnee, Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Monument dedication set for today |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |date= 2007-09-21 }}</ref>

===Timeline of major events===
Below is a time table of major events that occurred in Asher as well as surrounding communities whose events affected Asher's history.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Event
|-
|1847 
|Jessie Chishom establishes trading post {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} east of Asher<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
|-
|1849 
|Avoca area (Wewaukee Springs) a regular stop for adventures on way to the gold rush in CA<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
|-
|1862 
|Chishom post abandoned<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
|-
|1892 
|First members of Asher family move to OK to est. home<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
|-
|
|First school in Avoca (near what is now Avoca Cemetery)<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|1893 
|First general store in Avoca<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|October 30, 1901 
|Asher townsite opened up<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|November 26, 1901 
|Post Office established<ref name="Looking Back" />
|-
|
|Public sale of lots ($750)<ref name="Shawnee News-Star">{{cite news|title=Asher Townspeople Struggle to Keep Hamlet Alive, Well |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |date= c. 1985 }}</ref>
|-
|1902 
|George Stone (Dep. Sheriff) moves to Asher<ref name="Looking Back" />
|-
|
|Asher townsite platted, G.M. Asher supplies land<ref name="This is Oklahoma"/>
|-
|April 26, 1902 
|Shawnee-Tecumseh railroad expands to Asher / Old Beck begins service<ref name="Looking Back" />
|-
|Early 1900s 
|Asher Altruist begins<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|
|Asher FBC then First Methodist est.<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|
|Town became center of baseball interest<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|1904 
|District Judge J. Knox Byrum born in Asher<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|1906 
|Asher Mercantile Co. established<ref name="Looking Back" />
|-
|December 13, 1906 
|Asher State Bank robbed<ref>{{cite news|title=Crack Safe, Get $4,000 |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 14 December 1906 }}</ref>
|-
|Up to 1920s 
|2 hardware stores, 2 banks, jewelry store, lumber yard, dry goods store, general store, and (until 1907) 6 saloons—per Annie Roe<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Prepares for Town Celebration |publisher=Shawnee News-Star |year= 1977 }}</ref>
|-
|May 1921 
|Canadian River Bridge opens<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Bridge Brings Vast, Inaccessible... |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 12 May 1921 }}</ref>
|-
|1922 
|Fire destroys 2 blocks of businesses<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|January 1925 
|Fire destroys blk of business, incl. Canadian Valley Bank<ref>{{cite news|title=Asher Bank is Doing Business |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 26 July 1925 |page=44 }}</ref>
|-
|1927 
|Pearson oil discovered<ref name="Shawnee News-Star"/>
|-
|September 2, 1927 
|Canadian Valley Bank robbed<ref>{{cite news|title=Man Shot by Asher Bandits Improving|newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 5 September 1927 }}</ref>
|-
|1928 
|Water well drilled to supply water to oil fields<ref name="Shawnee News-Star"/>
|-
|c. 1928 
|Oil workers/executives moved in; Asher prosperous<ref name="Shawnee News-Star"/>
|-
|1929 
|Oil discovered in Asher<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|
|Asher School current building built<ref name="Holt">{{cite web
| last = Holt
| first      = Brad
| title      = asherok.info :: School Renovation
| url        = http://www.techelp.us/asher/renovate_pics.htm
| access-date = 2006-11-03}}</ref>
|-
|1931 
|Petroleum County/Asher county seat talks<ref name="Fortson 1936 72" />
|-
|1940s 
|Asher School gym built<ref name="Holt" />
|-
|February 10, 1942 
|Shawnee-Asher railroad branch ends<ref>{{cite news|title=Old Becks Last Gasp |newspaper=The Oklahoman |date= 1 February 1942 |page=62 }}</ref>
|-
|1967 
|Asher segment of SH-18 is replaced with US-177, diverting traffic from town.
|-
|1985 
|Green's Market closes after 40 years<ref name="Sleepy"/>
|-
|-
|2001
|Centennial
|-
|2006 
|Asher School main building renovated<ref name="Holt" />
|}

==Post office==
Asher's post office was established on November 26, 1901, when it was moved from nearby Avoca.

Below is a list of Asher postmasters.<ref>{{cite book
| last       = Kennedy
| first      = Authur Ward
| title      = They Came from Everywhere and Settled Here
| publisher  = Kennedy Library of Konawa
| year       = 1995
| location   = Konawa, OK
| pages      = 166
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |title=USPS Display Postmasters by City 
 |publisher=USPS 
 |url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt003.cfm
 |access-date=2008-07-20 
}}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date started
! Postmaster
|-
| 29 Nov 1901
| George A. McCurry
|-
| 8 June 1904
| Charles Snook
|-
| 11 June 1906
| Kate R. Snyder (or Snider)
|-
| 14 Sept 1914
| John S. Wood
|-
| 8 Dec 1917
| Winnie D. Rawlings
|-
| 20 Feb 1920
| Winnie R. Farmer
|-
| 25 Aug 1922
| Fred M. Perkins
|-
| 12 Mar 1923
| Lillian Gilpin (acting)
|-
| 11 June 1923
| Francis T. Laster
|-
| 7 Mar 1927
| John R. Hibbard (acting)
|-
| 15 Dec 1927
| John R. Hibbard (appointed)
|-
| 1 July 1935
| Orval L. Harris (acting)
|-
| 24 Jan 1935
| Orval L. Harris (appointed)
|-
| 14 June 1940
| John A. King
|-
| 19 May 1949
| Pearl A. Hopkins (acting)
|-
| 1 Sept 1950
| Perry H. Townsend, Jr.
|-
| 14 Dec 1979
| Linda L. Sturgill (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 8 Mar 1980
| Rosemary McKinley
|-
| 30 Sept 1992
| Janna Jones (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 28 Oct 1992
| Teresa Sexton (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 9 Jan 1993
| Donald Slarve
|-
| 28 Jan 1993
| Teresa Sexton (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 14 May 1993
| Vicky Stover (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 13 Nov 1993
| Deborah L. Cooley
|-
| 29 Mar 1995
| Lois L. Rennewanz (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 22 July 1995
| Lois L. Rennewanz
|-
| 11 Apr 1998
| Cynthia Schaffer (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 5 June 1998
| Debbie Turner (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 12 Sept 1998
| Deborah D. Turner
|-
| 21 Feb 2001
| Deborah Zimmerman (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 7 July 2001
| Carol Kelly (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 25 Mar 2002
| Bill Beard (ofc. in charge)
|-
| N/A
| L. M. Conley (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 13 May 2003
| Lindsay A. Williams-Likens (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 23 July 2003
| Michael L. Hockersmith (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 19 May 2004
| Wayne A. Cooksey (ofc. in charge)
|-
| 13 Nov 2004
| Michael L. Hockersmith
|}

==Education==
[[File:OUTSIDE CTR3 23SEPT06 web.jpg|thumb|Asher School following renovation]]

The town is in the [[Asher Public Schools]]<!--UNI 03300--> school district.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40125_pottawatomie/DC20SD_C40125.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40125_pottawatomie/DC20SD_C40125.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pottawatomie County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-10-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40125_pottawatomie/DC20SD_C40125_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Asher Public Schools is an independent school district. It has an elementary school (grades Pre-K to 8) and a high school (grades 9 to 12).{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} The school was established in 1903. In 1913, there were four other school districts within three miles (5&nbsp;km) of Asher—Clover Dale, Gravel Hill, [[Avoca, Oklahoma|Avoca]], and Pleasant Hill. The schools were small, consisting of only a room or two. Basic facilities were at a minimum. Talk began of consolidating all of the schools into the Asher district.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Alligator |publisher=Asher High School |date=October 1913 }}</ref> This was later accomplished, presumably around the time Asher's new school building was built in 1929.

==Media==
===Television===
Asher receives the following television stations off-air.<ref>[[Broadcast media in Oklahoma City]]</ref>
* [[KFOR-TV|KFOR]]-4 NBC (Oklahoma City)
* [[KOCO]]-5 ABC (Oklahoma City)
* [[KWTV]]-9 CBS (Oklahoma City)
* [[KTEN]]-10 NBC (Sherman-Denison, TX)
* [[KXII]]-12 CBS (Sherman-Denison, TX)
* [[KETA]]-13 PBS (Oklahoma City)
* [[KOKH]]-25 FOX (Oklahoma City)
* [[KOCB]]-34 CW (Oklahoma City)
* [[KAUT]]-43 MNT (Oklahoma City)
* [[KSBI]]-52 IND (Oklahoma City)
* [[KOPX-TV]]-62 i (Oklahoma City)

===Newspaper===
The following newspapers are circulated in Asher.

* ''The Canadian Sands'' (monthly, regional; Wanette, OK)
* ''The Ada Evening News'' (daily; Ada, OK)
* ''[[Shawnee News-Star|The Shawnee News-Star]]'' (daily; Shawnee, OK)
* ''[[The Oklahoman]]'' (daily; Oklahoma City)

==Notable people==
* [[Ron Williamson]] - minor league baseball player, subject of [[John Grisham]]'s first work of non-fiction, ''[[The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town|The Innocent Man]]''<ref>{{cite book
| last       = Grisham
| first      = John
| title      = The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
| publisher  = Doubleday
| year       = 2006
| pages      = [https://archive.org/details/innocentmanmurde00gris/page/31 31]–37, 347, 352
| url        =https://archive.org/details/innocentmanmurde00gris
| url-access = registration
}}</ref>

==Additional photos==
<gallery>
File:Early Asher gas station.jpg|An early Asher gas station

<!-- Deleted image removed: File:Old18_bridge.gif|Original South Canadian River Bridge, opened 1921 -->
File:27_BANK_CHECK.jpg|An Asher State Bank check, from 1910s
File:1956_Speers_Joseph.jpg|Albert Browder's station (Joseph Lessie Speers, pictured), 1956
File:Asher_Water_tower.JPG|Asher water tower 1, 2006
File:GYM_01JUL06.JPG|Asher gymnasium, 2006
File:BowenField.JPG|Bowen Field, 2006
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Commons category|Asher, Oklahoma}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200319113119/http://www.asherok.info/ Town website]
* [https://www.flickr.com/asherok Asher Photos on Flickr]
* [http://www.asher.k12.ok.us/ School website]
* [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AS003 ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Asher]

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