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Webb City is an incorporated town in northwestern Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 62 at the 2010 census, a 34.7 percent decline from 95 at the 2000 census.〔(MuniNet Guide: Webb City, Oklahoma )〕 It was named for its founder, Horace Webb, on whose land the town was founded. The Webb City post office opened December 16, 1922.〔( Jon D. May. "Webb City." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Accessed September 25, 2011.〕 ==History== Horace W, Webb, a native of Missouri, settled just south of Graniola, Oklahoma in 1910. He continued to purchase land and opened the area's first school. The town of Webb City was incorporated on his land in September 1921. The post office opened in Webb City on December 16, 1922.〔 Webb City was located at the northern end of the Burbank Oil Field, discovered in 1920. All mineral rights in Osage County were owned by the Osage tribe. The Osage Railway built a line through the town in 1924 connecting Shidler and Lyman, Oklahoma. Although the oil find brought a degree of prosperity, Webb City never developed into a modern town. Water was scarce and there was no electricity. The business district had unpaved streets and most of the buildings were built of wood frame and false fronts.〔 The town began to decline in the late 1920s, as the oil boom faded. In 1928, it was heavily damaged by a tornado, and many of the businesses did not rebuild. The decline continued through the Great Depression. Its high school closed in 1944, and consolidated with the high school in Shidler. The Osage Railway was abandoned in 1955.〔〔("Ghost town of Webb City, Oklahoma." ) Retrieved September 1, 2014.〕 The 1930 census (the first census taken in Webb City) showed 493 residents. The population has declined thereafter.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Webb City, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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