BURKBURNETT, a city of Wichita county (Texas), U.S.A., in the fertile valley of the Red river, within two m. of the Oklahoma border. It is served by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railway. Two m. east is a free highway bridge of concrete and steel, built jointly (1927) by the two States and the counties immediately served. The town site of Burkburnett was laid out in 1907. In 1914, when the city was incorporated, the popula tion was about 1,200; in 192o it was 5,300; in 193o, 3,281 by the Federal census. It is the centre of a large oilfield, which became important in 1917. During the boom period (1919-21) the town site was drilled with from one to five wells per block. In 1927 about ion wells within the city were still producing, and the output of the Burkburnett field was about 15,000 bbl. per day. The city has three refineries, and numerous casing-head gas plants. A commission-manager form of government was adopted in 1923.