ARDMORE, a city in the southern part of Oklahoma, U.S.A., 9om. S. by E. of Oklahoma City, 89oft. above sea-level; the county seat of Carter county. It is on Federal highways 7o and 77, and is served by the Rock Island, the Frisco and the Santa Fe railways. The area is 8 sq. miles. The population was 14,181 in 192o, of whom 2,008 were negroes; and was 15,741 in by Federal census.
Ardmore is the market town and shipping point for a rich farming and grazing region, which produces fine crops of cotton. There are asphalt and coal mines near the city, and within the county are deposits of zinc and fields of gas and oil. A daily paper in the interests of the petroleum industry is published here. The city has oil refineries, wholesale houses, cotton gins and corn presses, a cotton-seed oil mill, and a house which deals in pure bred cotton-seed, and several miscellaneous factories, including one that makes pecan-cracking machines. The Southern Okla homa State fair is held here. Among the educational institutions is a Federal school for Indian girls. Ardmore was founded in 1887, incorporated in 1898, and adopted a commission-manager form of government in 1921.