Editing Edmond, Oklahoma

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Edmond, Oklahoma
| settlement_type    = City
| nickname           = 
| motto              = "A Great Place To Grow"

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| image_caption      = "Welcome to Edmond" Mural in Downtown
| image_flag         = Edmond Oklahoma Flag.gif
| image_seal         = Edmond Oklahoma Seal.jpg
|image_blank_emblem  = Edmond Oklahoma Logo.png
|blank_emblem_type   = Wordmark

| image_map          = Oklahoma County Oklahoma Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Edmond highlighted.svg
| map_caption        = Location in [[Oklahoma County, Oklahoma|Oklahoma County]] and the state of [[Oklahoma]].

| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Oklahoma]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Oklahoma|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Oklahoma County, Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]

| government_type    = [[Council–manager government|Council – Manager]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Darrell Davis<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edmondok.gov/144/City-Council|title = City Council &#124; Edmond, OK - Official Website}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = [[City manager]]
| leader_name1       = Scot Rigby<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edmondok.gov/144/City-Manager|title = City Manager &#124; Edmond, OK - Official Website}}</ref>
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = April 22, 1889<ref name="EOHC-LandRun">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LA014 Stan Hoig, "Land Run of 1889," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed November 7, 2018)</ref>
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 226.75
| area_land_km2      = 218.71
| area_water_km2     = 8.04
| area_total_sq_mi   = 87.55
| area_land_sq_mi    = 84.44
| area_water_sq_mi   = 3.10
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| pop_est_footnotes  = 
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 94428
| population_density_km2 = 431.75
| population_density_sq_mi = 1118.23
| timezone           = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = &minus;6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = &minus;5
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 1122
| coordinates        = {{coord|35|39|N|97|28|W|type:city_region:US-OK|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 73003, 73012, 73013, 73025, 73034, 73083
| area_code          = [[Area code 405 and 572|405 and 572]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 40-23200<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2410402<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410402}}</ref>
| website            = [http://edmondok.gov City of Edmond]
}}	

'''Edmond''' is a city in [[Oklahoma County, Oklahoma]], United States. It is a part of the [[Oklahoma City metropolitan area]], located in [[Central Oklahoma]]. Its population was 94,428 according to the [[2020 United States census]], a 16% increase from 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US4023200|title=Census - Geography Profile: Edmond city, Oklahoma|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref> making it the [[List of municipalities in Oklahoma|5th most populous city]] in [[Oklahoma]].

The city borders the northern boundary of [[Oklahoma City]]. Public transportation is provided by [[Citylink Edmond]] bus service.

==History==
[[File:Edmond1891tmfowler.jpg|thumb|Edmond, Oklahoma Territory, 1891]]

===19th century===
The [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe rail line]] in [[Oklahoma Territory]] established a water and coaling station for steam engines at this location when the Santa Fe Railroad built into Indian Territory in 1887.<ref name="OKAlmanac">[http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/12-muni.pdf Oklahoma Municipal Government], ''Oklahoma Almanac'', 2005, p. 535. (accessed October 1, 2013)</ref> The site for the station was chosen because it was the highest point on the line in Oklahoma County; trains could more easily accelerate going downhill while leaving the station in either direction. The railroad then named the station for Edmond Burdick, the Santa Fe's traveling freight agent.<ref name="EOHC-Edmond">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ED002 Brenda Granger, "Edmond," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed October 1, 2013</ref> When the town was formed after the [[Oklahoma Land Run]] of 1889, early settlers decided to adopt the name. Though most of the remnants of the old railroad infrastructure are gone, the Santa Fe, now [[BNSF]], freight line still runs through the same course.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=la014|title=Land Run of 1889 {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|website=www.okhistory.org|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> {{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

The town of Edmond sprang up overnight during the great Oklahoma land run on April 22, 1889, when homesteads were staked around the Santa Fe station.<ref name="EOHC-LandRun" /> The original plat for Edmond was prepared by the Seminole Town and Development Company, a newly formed syndicate with ties to the railroad.<ref name="OKAlmanac"/> Many of the original streets were named for men associated with either the Santa Fe Railroad or the town syndicate. The first mayor and city officers were elected in May 1889, and Edmond's population was 294 in the 1890 census.

The first public schoolhouse in Oklahoma Territory, completed in August 1889, is in Edmond.<ref name="EOHC-Edmond"/> It still stands as a historic monument on 2nd Street between Boulevard and Broadway, and is open to the public on the first two Saturdays of each month or by appointment.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, the first church opened after the land run,<ref name="EOHC-Edmond"/> was located on the southwest corner of East First and South Boulevard. The congregation still exists, although not in its original building or location.<ref>"[http://www.stjohn-catholic.org/history.html Parish History - An Overview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120101645/http://www.stjohn-catholic.org/history.html |date=November 20, 2009}}," Official St. John the Baptist Website. (accessed October 1, 2013)</ref>

In December 1890, the territorial legislature established three universities, the state university in Norman, the agricultural and mechanical college in Stillwater, and a "normal" or teaching school in Edmond.
The first classes for the Territorial Normal School (University of Central Oklahoma) were held November 9, 1891, in the Methodist Church on the southwest corner of North Broadway and West Hurd. Old North, the Territorial Normal School's iconic first building, was opened for classes on January 2, 1893, and ahead of Oklahoma State University's Central Hall or Oklahoma University's Science Hall.<ref>''Sooner Magazine'', September 1965 (Volume 38, Issue 1), http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/issue_info.asp?issueID=478</ref>

The ''[[Edmond Sun]]'', established by Milton W. "Kicking Bird" Reynolds on July 18, 1889, was the state's oldest continuous newspaper dating from Oklahoma Territorial days.<ref name="EOHC-Edmond"/>

===20th century===
[[File:Edmond Oklahoma Old Seal.jpg|thumb|Old seal used from 1965 until 1996 with cross in right quadrant]]
In the early 20th century, Edmond was known as a [[sundown town]]. Racial covenants barred property sales to individuals of races other than White people or Native Americans in every neighborhood built between 1911 and 1949, except the Edmond Highway Addition in 1924. Racial housing covenants in the United States became unenforceable in 1948 after the ''[[Shelley v. Kraemer]]'' decision by the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref name="Nondoc-SundownTown">{{cite news |last1=Tomlinson |first1=Joe |title=Edmond man finds racially restrictive covenant language amid neighborhood dispute |url=https://nondoc.com/2022/07/08/racially-restrictive-covenant-language-found-edmond/ |access-date=8 July 2022 |publisher=NonDoc |date=8 July 2022}}</ref>

In 1925, a new city charter was written for the city, including a still-enforced requirement that all candidates for mayor or city council be [[Freehold (law)|freeholders]], or landowners within the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Douglas |first1=Blake |title=Property ownership requirement bars Edmond renters from holding city office |url=https://nondoc.com/2024/11/30/candidates-question-edmond-property-ownership-requirement/ |access-date=November 30, 2024 |work=NonDoc |date=30 November 2024}}</ref>

Edmond was the site of [[Edmond post office shooting|a workplace shooting]] on August 20, 1986, in which 14 people were killed and six wounded by Patrick Sherrill, a postman who then committed suicide. This event was the deadliest killing in a string of U.S. postal employee murder–suicides that inspired the slang term "[[going postal]]".<ref name=Postal>{{cite news|last=Staff|title=Shootings Seal Post Office Rep|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4246053.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629090030/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4246053.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2014|newspaper=Chicago Sun Times  |date=September 4, 1994}}</ref> A memorial to the victims of the attack stands outside the U.S. Post Office in downtown Edmond.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9CHG_Edmond_Post_Office_Memorial_Fountain_Edmond_Oklahoma|title=Edmond Post Office Memorial Fountain - Edmond, Oklahoma - Fountains on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com}}</ref>

The city was the subject of a [[Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals]] case challenging the depiction of a Christian cross on the city seal, raising issues concerning the [[Establishment Clause]] of the U.S. Constitution. In May 1996, the Supreme Court let stand a Federal Appeals Court ruling ordering the city to remove the cross from the seal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-10th-circuit/1287489.html|title=FindLaw's United States Tenth Circuit case and opinions.|website=Findlaw}}</ref> Rather than replace the cross, the city council voted to leave the spot blank so as to "remind people of what was there," as well as this being the least expensive way to comply.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1996-05-29|title=Edmond to Leave Blank Cross's Space on Seal|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/2538195/edmond-to-leave-blank-crosss-space-on-seal/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Oklahoman.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

===21st century===
A memorial service for famed Oklahoman [[baseball]] player [[Bobby Murcer]] was held in Edmond on August 6, 2008, at the Memorial Road Church of Christ. Among the some 2,000 attending the memorial were [[Reggie Jackson]], [[Derek Jeter]], [[Andy Pettitte]], and former Yankees manager [[Joe Girardi]].<ref name="murcer">{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/late-yankee-slugger-bobby-murcers-life-celebrated-in-edmond/article/3279914|title=Late Yankee slugger Bobby Murcer's life celebrated in Edmond|date=August 6, 2008|work=NewsOK.com|author=Bob Hersom}}</ref>

In 2011, Darrell Davis was elected as the first [[African American|Black]] city councilor in Edmond's history, and in 2021, he was elected the first Black mayor of Edmond.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hinton |first1=Carla |title=Tinker retiree Darrell Davis makes history as first Black mayor of Edmond, a former 'sundown town' |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2021/04/10/darell-davis-makes-history-first-black-elected-edmond-mayor/7141832002/ |access-date=November 30, 2024 |work=[[The Oklahoman]] |date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Edmond is located just north of Oklahoma City in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|87.9|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.8|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} (3.19%) are covered by water. [[Arcadia Lake (Oklahoma)|Arcadia Lake]] on the east side of the city, a fishing spot for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, contains bluegill, channel catfish, blue catfish, and largemouth bass.<ref>[http://edmondok.com/index.aspx?nid=338 Arcadia Lake], City of Edmond. (accessed October 1, 2013)</ref> Twin Bridges Lake is a second lake in the city.

Edmond lies in the Sandstone Hills region of Central Oklahoma, known for hills, blackjack oak, and post oak.<ref>[http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ok_geography.htm Oklahoma Geography], NetState.com. (accessed October 1, 2013)</ref> The city falls into an ecological region known as the [[Cross Timbers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/ok/ok_front.pdf|title=Ecoregions of Oklahoma|access-date=October 1, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Climate===
Edmond has a [[humid subtropical climate]] with frequent variations in weather during part of the year and consistently hot summers. Prolonged and severe droughts often lead to wildfires, and heavy rainfall often leads to flash flooding and flooding. Consistent winds, usually from the south or south-southeast during the summer, help temper the hotter weather. Consistent northerly winds during the winter can intensify cold periods. Severe [[ice storm]]s and [[snowstorm]]s happen sporadically during the winter.

The city is subject to frequent and severe tornadoes and hailstorms, thus is located in the so-called [[Tornado Alley]]. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area is one of the most tornado-prone areas in the world.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 294
|1900= 965
|1910= 2090
|1920= 2452
|1930= 3576
|1940= 4002
|1950= 6086
|1960= 8577
|1970= 16633
|1980= 34637
|1990= 52315
|2000= 68315
|2010= 81405
|2020= 94428
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 30, 2019|author-link=United States Census Bureau }}</ref><br /> 2018 Estimate<ref name="2018 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Edmond, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: The US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Edmond city, Oklahoma |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US4023200|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Edmond city, Oklahoma |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4023200&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau ]]|access-date=}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Edmond city, Oklahoma|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4023200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau ]]|access-date=}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|58,104
|65,076
|style='background: #ffffe6; |67,978
|85.05%
|79.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |71.99%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|2,721
|4,412
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,033
|3.98%
|5.42%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.39%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|1,535
|2,040
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,069
|2.25%
|2.51%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.19%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|2,215
|2,599
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,354
|3.24%
|3.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.55%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]] (NH)
|46
|100
|style='background: #ffffe6; |129
|0.07%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|[[Other races (U.S. Census)|Some other race]] (NH)
|44
|101
|style='background: #ffffe6; |297
|0.06%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]] (NH)
|1,769
|2,933
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,945
|2.59%
|3.60%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.41%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,881
|4,144
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6,623
|2.75%
|5.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.01%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''68,315'''
|'''81,405'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''94,428'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|-
|}

According to estimates from ESRI, about 94,000 residents and 37,000 housing units are in the area. Population estimates by race/ethnicity are 79.8% White, 5.8% Black, 2.7% American Indian, 4.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.5% other races, and 5.0% of two or more races; 7.2% of the population is of Hispanic origin. 
The population is 51.5% female and 48.5% male. The median age of residents is 36.3 years, lower than the Oklahoma median age of 37.8. 
The average household income is $101,811.

==Economy==
The [[University of Central Oklahoma]] is a major employer.<ref name="OKAlmanac"/> Some of Edmond's targeted industries include wholesale trade, light manufacturing, information technology, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Supermarket chain [[Crest Foods]] is based in Edmond. 

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2022'' Comprehensive Annual Financial Report'',<ref>[https://www.edmondok.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1720 City of Edmond CAFR](accessed May 10, 2023)</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Employer
! Number of employees
|-
| 1
| [[Edmond Public Schools]]
| 2,975
|-
| 2
| [[University of Central Oklahoma]]
| 1,350
|-
| 3
| [https://www.edmondok.gov/ City of Edmond]
| 764
|-
| 4
| [https://integrisok.com/locations/hospital/edmond-hospital INTEGRIS Health Edmond]
| 550
|-
| 5
| [https://www.mercy.net/ Mercy Edmond I-35]
| 507
|-
| 6
| [https://www.ouhealth.com/find-a-location/ou-health-edmond-medical-center/ OU Medical Center Edmond]
| 500
|-
| 7
| [https://www.crestfoodsok.com/ Crest Foods]
| 307
|-
| 8
| [https://www.petra.com/ Petra Industries]
| 238
|-
| 9
| [https://www.adfitech.com/ Adfitech]
| 247
|-
| 10
| [https://www.pelcoinc.com/ Pelco Products]
| 193
|}

==Arts and culture==
The city of Edmond is making efforts to promote public art with murals, stained glass, and steel sculptures. On a portion of Main Street, statuary lines nearly every corner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://visitedmondok.com/public-art.php|title=Oklahoma history cast in bronze |access-date=October 18, 2007 |last=Edmond Convention and Visitors Bureau |year=2007 }}</ref> On July 4, 2007, the city inaugurated a bronze statue of [[Nannita Daisey|Nannita R.H. Daisey]], believed to be the first woman laying claim on Oklahoma land in the first (1889) land run.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmondsun.com/local/local_story_072094452.html |title=Oklahoma history cast in bronze |access-date=October 18, 2007|last=Houghton |first=Jaclyn |date=March 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015259/http://www.edmondsun.com/local/local_story_072094452.html |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}</ref> In 2015 the Dave McGary sculpture of Chief Touch the Clouds was relocated to Edmond from Houston's [[Astrodome]]. The 18-foot-tall, 15-foot-wide sculpture is located on Second Street at the entrance of the University of Central Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Touch the Clouds statue installation scheduled for Sunday |date=May 21, 2015 |access-date=March 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628162956/http://www.edmondsun.com/news/local_news/touch-the-clouds-statue-installation-scheduled-for-sunday/article_bd186ec8-fff3-11e4-ace1-63f78ab3469f.html|url=http://www.edmondsun.com/news/local_news/touch-the-clouds-statue-installation-scheduled-for-sunday/article_bd186ec8-fff3-11e4-ace1-63f78ab3469f.html |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Edmond residents have access to 57 Protestant and three Catholic congregations, six [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] congregations, one [[Unitarian Universalist]] church, one [[mosque|Islamic mosque]], and one [[Haziratu'l-Quds]] for followers of the [[Baháʼí Faith]].

A 163-foot-tall cross sits at the Edmond Campus of [[Life.Church]] on the corner of State Highway 66 (also called Second Street) and the I-35 Service Road. The church, known at the time as MetroChurch, fought the city of Edmond to erect the cross, which the planning commission ostensibly did not want to allow because they considered it a billboard.

The movies ''[[Rudderless]]'' (2014), ''[[American Underdog]]'' (2021), and ''[[Reagan (2024 film)|Reagan]]'' (2024) were partially shot in Edmond.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/movies/before-killers-of-the-flower-moon-premiere-here-are-55-other-shot-in-oklahoma-films/article_37eb0eda-ec54-11ed-84b1-035e3aff0e83.html |title=Before 'Killers of the Flower Moon' premiere, here are 55 other shot-in-Oklahoma films|date=May 13, 2023 |publisher=Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World, May 13, 2023|accessdate=May 15, 2023}}</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:Hafer Park Pond.jpg|thumb|Hafer Park Pond]]
[[Rugby union]] is a developing sport in Edmond and the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Edmond boasts two rugby clubs -the Edmond Rugby Club (The Storm)<ref>Moriak, Meredith. News OK. ''Rugby gives Edmond athlete healthier goals''. [http://newsok.com/article/3436983]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081015050247/http://www.edmondrugbyclub.com/ www.edmondrugbyclub.com Official Website of the Edmond Rugby Club]</ref> and [[University of Central Oklahoma#The University of Central Oklahoma Rugby Football Club|the University of Central Oklahoma Rugby Football Club]].<ref>Wescot, Chris. ''The Vista''. ({{cite web |url=http://www.thevistaonline.com/mobile/blog-1.107/insidethelines?article155=19.688326&page155=BlogPosting |access-date=July 23, 2010 }})</ref><ref>[http://administration.uco.edu/ucowc/sr/sc/index.php ucowellnesscenter.com UCO Sports Clubs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617045854/http://administration.uco.edu/ucowc/sr/sc/index.php |date=June 17, 2010}}</ref>

Golf is a popular sport in Edmond, boasting seven golf courses, including the [[Oak Tree National]].

Soccer is also a growing sport in Edmond, being home to the Edmond Soccer Club.

==Education==
Most of Edmond is in the [[Edmond Public Schools]] district. Portions are in other school districts: [[Deer Creek Public Schools]],<!--09570--> Jones Public Schools,<!--15840--> and Luther Public Schools.<!--18630--><ref name=CensusSDmap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40109_oklahoma/DC20SD_C40109.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref>

===Elementary schools===
Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmond Elementary Schools |access-date=March 31, 2020 |url=https://edmondschools.net/our-schools/school-directory/ |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512020114/https://edmondschools.net/our-schools/school-directory/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* Angie Debo Elementary School (outside of Edmond)
* Centennial Elementary School
* Charles Haskell Elementary School (outside of Edmond)
* Chisholm Elementary School
* Clegern Elementary School
* Clyde Howell (the district's early-childhood education center)
* Cross Timbers Elementary School
* Frontier Elementary School
* Heritage Elementary School
* Ida Freeman Elementary School
* John Ross Elementary School
* Northern Hills Elementary School
* Orvis Risner Elementary School
* Russell Dougherty Elementary School
* Sunset Elementary School
* Washington Irving Elementary School
* West Field Elementary School
* Will Rogers Elementary School
* Redbud Elementary
* Scissortail Elementary (outside of Edmond)

===Middle schools===
* Central Middle School
* Cheyenne Middle School
* Cimarron Middle School
* Heartland Middle School
* Oakdale Middle School
* Sequoyah Middle School
* Summit Middle School (outside of Edmond)

===High schools===
* [[Edmond Memorial High School]]
* [[Edmond North High School]]
* [[Edmond Santa Fe High School]]
* Boulevard Academy

===Colleges and universities===
* [[Herbert W. Armstrong College]]
* [[University of Central Oklahoma]]

===Private schools===
* Holy Trinity Lutheran School
* Mercy School Institute
* [[Oklahoma Christian School]]
* Oklahoma Christian Academy
* The Academy of Classical Christian Studies
* [[St. Elizabeth Ann Seton]] Catholic School
* St. Mary's Episcopal School

==Notable people==
*[[Dusty Allen]], [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player ([[San Diego Padres]] and [[Detroit Tigers]]), graduated from Edmond Memorial High School (HS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/the-oklahomans-all-state-team/article/2358224|title=The Oklahoman's All-State Team|date=May 26, 1991|website=newsok.com}}</ref>
*[[Brian Anderson (third baseman)| Brian Anderson]], born in Edmond in 1993, was an MLB third baseman for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]].
*[[Jim Beaver]], actor (star of ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'' and ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''), lived in Edmond 1971–1976.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
*[[Paul Blair (American football, born 1963)|Paul Blair]], [[National Football League]] (NFL) offensive tackle drafted by the [[Chicago Bears]] in 1986, graduated from [[Edmond Memorial High School]].
*[[Allison Brown]], [[Miss Oklahoma Teen USA]] 1986, Miss Teen USA 1986, grew up in Edmond.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.missuniverse.com/members/profile/271afec62b1414a8473d3f186cd7f3b6 |title=Miss Teen USA 1986 - Allison Brown |access-date=2015-07-03 |archive-date=2015-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704104645/http://www.missuniverse.com/members/profile/271afec62b1414a8473d3f186cd7f3b6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*[[Joel Comm]], a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' best-selling author, lived in Edmond from 1998 to 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edmondsun.com/news/local_news/ruling-the-dot-comm/article_510a1506-9280-59bc-a13b-f6a32d7785fe.html|title=Ruling the 'dot-comm'|first=John A|last=Williams|website=edmondsun.com|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=June 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628163649/http://www.edmondsun.com/news/local_news/ruling-the-dot-comm/article_510a1506-9280-59bc-a13b-f6a32d7785fe.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Greyson Chance]], an Internet celebrity and recording artist, lives in Edmond.
*[[Daryl Dike]], a professional soccer player for [[EFL Championship]] club [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], graduated from Edmond North High School.
*[[Kristian Doolittle]] (born 1997), a former basketball player for [[Hapoel Eilat B.C.|Hapoel Eilat]] of the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]], graduated from Edmond Memorial HS.
*[[Robert Galbreath, Jr.]] (1863-1953), lived a short time in Edmond, where he served as deputy U.S. marshal and as Edmond's postmaster.<ref name="EOHC-Galbreath">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GA002 Larry O'Dell, "Galbreath Robert" (1863 - 1953)." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Retrieved May 12, 2014.</ref>
<!-- what connection? *[[Jim Gentile]], MLB player<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Klingaman|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=June 29, 2021|title=Almost 7 million-to-1 odds? Former Orioles slugger Jim Gentile hit back-to-back grand slams in a game in 1961|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/bs-fe-retro-orioles-jim-gentile-grand-slams-20210629-oshogw3h4jg2nbv3a5ca5s2rqu-story.html|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> --> 
*[[KC Green]], a comic artist, graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma.
*[[Kelly Gregg]], a retired [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and Super Bowl-winning [[Baltimore Ravens]]' nose guard, is from Edmond.
*[[Blake Griffin]], a [[Power forward (basketball)|forward]] for the [[National Basketball Association]], graduated from Edmond's [[Oklahoma Christian School]].
*[[Charlie Haas]], a professional wrestler, was born in Edmond in 1972. He is a former three-time [[WWE]] tag team champion.
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*[[Johny Hendricks]], a UFC welterweight champion, graduated from Edmond Memorial High School in 2002.
*[[Mat Hoffman]], a [[BMX]] rider, graduated from Edmond Memorial HS in 1990.
<!-- connection?*[[DaQuan Jeffries]], an [[NBA G League]] player for the [[College Park Skyhawks]] -->
*[[Hoda Katebi]], an Iranian-American writer and activist, graduated from Edmond Santa Fe High School in 2012.
*[[Trey Kennedy]], Internet comedian and musician
*[[Mike Kennerty]] of the [[pop rock]] groups [[the All-American Rejects]] and [[Mikaila]] lives in Edmond.
*[[Darci Lynne]], a ventriloquist and the winner of [[America's Got Talent (season 12)|season 12]] of ''[[America's Got Talent]]'', grew up in Edmond.
*[[Brady Manek]], a former college basketball player and professional player in Turkey, was born in Edmond.
*[[Shannon Miller]] (b. 1977), an Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics (1996), attended Edmond North High School.
*[[Daniel Nayeri]], author, lived in Edmond.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Murdock Nichols | first = Maggie | date = July 18, 2023 | title = Everything Sad is Untrue: Growing up as an Iranian refugee in Edmond | url =  https://nondoc.com/2023/07/18/everything-sad-is-untrue-an-iranian-refugee-in-edmond/ | magazine = Nondoc}}</ref>
*[[Garrett Richards]], MLB player for the Los Angeles Angels, grew up in Edmond and graduated from Edmond Memorial High School in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Garrett-Richards|title=Garrett Richards - The Baseball Cube|website=www.thebaseballcube.com}}</ref>
*[[Josh Richardson]], a former [[Miami Heat]] basketball player, attended Santa Fe HS.
*[[Bob Ricks]], a former Edmond chief of police and former FBI agent, was involved in the controversial 1993 [[Waco Siege]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/edmond-police-chief-bob-ricks-career-spans-the-world/article/3463185|title=Edmond Police Chief Bob Ricks' career spans the world|date=May 23, 2010|website=newsok.com}}</ref>
*[[Mookie Salaam]], a professional sprinter for Team USA, attended Edmond North HS.
*[[Bill Self]], head men's basketball coach at the [[University of Kansas]], was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2017. He attended Edmond Memorial HS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Self coach profile|url=http://www.kuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1009&path=mbball|website=KUAthletics.com|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220174818/http://www.kuathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1009&path=mbball|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Mark Snyder (politician)|Mark Snyder]] (1946-2020), a former Oklahoma state senator and businessman, was born and raised in the city.
*[[Laura Spencer (actress)|Laura Spencer]], an actress, grew up in Edmond.<ref>{{cite web|url= 
https://twitter.com/itslauraspencer/status/872314591753228288|title=Laura Spencer Tweet|work=[[Twitter]]|date=June 7, 2017|access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref>
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*[[William C. Wantland]], bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire]], was born in Edmond.
*[[Brandon Weeden]] graduated from Edmond Santa Fe, and played NFL football for several teams.
<!-- connection?*[[Brandon Whitaker]], a former Canadian Football League running back playing for the Montreal Alouettes, -->
*[[Steve Zabel]], an NFL linebacker and tight end drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1970, resides in Edmond.

<!-- not a person *[[MercyMe|Mercy Me]], a Christian rock group, was founded in Edmond and called Edmond home in the mid-1990s. --> 
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==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Edmond (Oklahoma)|Edmond, Oklahoma}}
*[http://edmondok.com/ City of Edmond Official Website]
*[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ED003 ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Edmond Post Office Massacre]
*[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ED002 ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Edmond]

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