Sturgis is an unincorporated community in northeastern Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] It is located on a railroad just north of U.S. Route 56.[2][3] It is approximately 14 miles southwest of Elkhart, Kansas,[4] and less than 28 miles northeast of the Cimarron County seat, Boise City.[5]
Sturgis was connected to both Elkhart and Boise City by the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway (both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway),[6] which came through in 1925.[7] The line is now part of the Cimarron Valley Railroad.[8]
The Tri-State Point where Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado come together, known as Eight Mile Corner, is about nine miles north of Sturgis.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sturgis, Oklahoma
- ^ 2007 Centennial State Map (Map). Oklahoma Department of Transportation. § C1.
- ^ "Sturgis, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
- ^ "Elkhart, Kansas to Sturgis, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ "Boise City, Oklahoma to Sturgis, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ Railroads of Oklahoma, June 6, 1870 to April 1, 1978. State of Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Survey Division. April 1, 1978. p. 37.
- ^ Young, Norma Gene. "Boise City," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed June 17, 2015.
- ^ "Home". Cimarron Valley Railroad. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "3 Points Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma to Sturgis, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ "Tri-State Point - OK, KS, CO (Eight Mile Corner)". Exploring Oklahoma History. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
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