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| subdivision_name2 = [[Woods County, Oklahoma|Woods]]
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| government_type = [[council-manager government|Council-manager]]
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| leader_name = Mayor Kelly Parker
| leader_title1 = [[City manager]]
| leader_name1 = Stephen Ford <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2023/02/24/local/ford-hired-as-alva-city-business-manager/81755.html | author=Marione Martin |title=Ford hired as Alva city business manager |publisher=Alva Review Courier |publication-place=Alva, Oklahoma|date=2020-06-19 |access-date=2023-02-24 }}</ref>
| established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date = {{Start date and age|1893}}
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| postal_code = 73717
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'''Alva''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Woods County, Oklahoma|Woods County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States,<ref name="
==History==
Alva was established in 1893 as a [[United States General Land Office]] for the [[Cherokee Outlet]] [[land run]], the largest of the land rushes that settled western and central [[Oklahoma]]. The site was chosen for its location on the [[Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway]] and likely named for a railroad attorney, [[Alva Adams (governor)|Alva Adams]], who had become governor of [[Colorado]].
When the Southern Kansas Railway, began extending its line from [[Kiowa, Kansas]] across the Cherokee Outlet in 1886, Alva became the first railroad station southwest of Kiowa. The line was operational in 1887, in time for the opening of the [[Unassigned Lands]].<ref name="alvapedia"/>
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In 1896, three years after the land run, George Cromwell and "Coal Oil Johnny" Broughan created and managed the Alva Giants, the city's first traveling baseball team including pitcher [[Bill McGill (baseball)|Bill McGill]], who went on to join the [[St. Louis Browns]] in 1907.<ref name=oktoday71>{{Cite magazine| first=Harold | last=Keith | year=1971 | magazine=Oklahoma Today | pages=21–22 | title=Summer Dementia | url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/1970s/1971/oktdv21n3.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084059/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oktoday/1970s/1971/oktdv21n3.pdf | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | access-date=July 7, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=dusk>{{cite web| publisher=Diamonds in the dusk | title = Austin Senators, 44-0 | url=http://www.diamondsinthedusk.com/uploads/articles/20-img2-AUSTIN_1907_44-0.pdf | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160627143810/http://www.diamondsinthedusk.com/uploads/articles/20-img2-AUSTIN_1907_44-0.pdf |archive-date=June 27, 2016 |access-date=July 7, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>
Northwestern Territorial Normal School, now [[Northwestern Oklahoma State University]] ("NWOSU"), was established in 1897 in Alva by the [[Oklahoma Territorial Legislature]].<ref name="alvapedia"/>
During [[World War II]], Alva was the site of a [[German prisoners of war in the United States|prisoner of war camp]] for German POWs.
Alva is also the location of the [[Oklahoma Department of Corrections]] minimum-security [[Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center]] housing 630 male felon drug offenders.<ref>
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==Geography==
Alva is located in the northeastern quadrant of [[Woods County, Oklahoma|Woods County]], {{convert|65| miles|km}} northeast of [[Woodward, Oklahoma|Woodward]], {{convert|72| miles| km}} northwest of [[Enid, Oklahoma|Enid]] and {{convert|119|miles| km}} southwest of [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref name ="alvapedia">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AL015
===Climate===
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|location = Alva, Oklahoma, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–present
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|Feb mean F = 38.8
|Mar mean F = 47.8
|Apr mean F = 57.2
|May mean F = 67.9
|Jun mean F = 77.9
|Jul mean F = 82.9
|Aug mean F = 80.4
|Sep mean F = 72.9
|Oct mean F = 59.7
|Nov mean F = 46.7
|Dec mean F = 36.4
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|Jan low F = 22.7
|Feb low F = 26.0
|Mar low F = 34.5
|Apr low F = 43.7
|May low F = 55.8
|Jun low F = 65.9
|Jul low F = 70.5
|Aug low F = 68.2
|Sep low F = 59.7
|Oct low F = 46.0
|Nov low F = 34.3
|Dec low F = 25.1
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|Jan avg record low F = 6.7
|Feb avg record low F = 9.1
|Mar avg record low F = 16.8
|Apr avg record low F = 28.1
|May avg record low F = 39.3
|Jun avg record low F = 53.0
|Jul avg record low F = 60.4
|Aug avg record low F = 57.7
|Sep avg record low F = 43.6
|Oct avg record low F = 28.1
|Nov avg record low F = 16.8
|Dec avg record low F = 8.4
|year avg record low F = 1.5
|Jan record low F = −17
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|May record low F = 25
|Jun record low F = 41
|Jul record low F = 51
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|Jul precipitation days = 6.0
|Aug precipitation days = 7.3
|Sep precipitation days = 5.4
|Oct precipitation days = 4.5
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===2010 census===
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,945 people, 2,107 households, 1,134 families residing in the city.<ref name="Census2010"/> The population density was {{convert|2,100
Of the 2,107 households, a quarter (24.9%) included individuals under the age of 18, 40.8% were married couples, 13.1% had a householder with no spouse present, and 46.2% were non-families.
===2000 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website |df=mdy }}</ref> of 2000, there were 5,288 people, 2,205 households, and 1,261 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,228.6
There were 2,205 households, out of which 23.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.8% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.81.
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The median income for a household in the city was $27,432, and the median income for a family was $38,041. Males had a median income of $27,531 versus $17,981 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,966. About 9.1% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.
==Economy==
Agriculture has been the basis of the city's economy since it was founded. Initially, the local farms produced a variety of crops and livestock. The original 160-acre farms have mostly been consolidated into much larger units, concentrating on production of beef and wheat.<ref name ="alvapedia"/>
Aeronautics firm Vantage Plane Plastics, located at the airport, claims the title of "the world's largest supplier of FAA Approved interior components for most all general aviation aircraft", employing 24 people with 2016 gross sales of $3.8 Million.<ref name="plane17">{{cite news | title=Alva aeronautics firm finds niche producing pieces for private aircraft | publisher=[[The Oklahoman]] |date=15 Nov 2017 | first=Mike |last=Coppock |access-date=24 March 2018| url=http://newsok.com/article/5572133/alva-aeronautics-firm-finds-niche-producing-pieces-for-private-aircraft | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240528075901/https://www.webcitation.org/
In 1998 a group of local wheat farmers founded the frozen dough manufacturing facility, Value Added Products, a [[cooperative]] that in 2017 employed 83 people with an annual payroll of $2.2 Million.<ref name="rcfeb8">{{cite news|title=VAP shows a profit, has sales growth, $2.2 million payroll |publisher=[[Alva Review-Courier|The Alva Review-Courier]] |work=Newsgram |date=February 8, 2017 |access-date=May 20, 2017 |url=http://www.alvareviewcourier.com/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/3/8/8438/6993332.pdf |first=Yvonne |last=Miller |pages=22, 24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801194629/http://www.alvareviewcourier.com/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/3/8/8438/6993332.pdf |archive-date=August 1, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="okhort">{{cite web|title=Made in Oklahoma – Value Added Products |publisher=Oklahoma Horizon |date=November 21, 2010 |url=http://www.okhorizon.com/shows/2010-show-archive/november-2010-show-archive/show-1047/made-in-oklahoma-value-added-products |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929233639/http://www.okhorizon.com/shows/2010-show-archive/november-2010-show-archive/show-1047/made-in-oklahoma-value-added-products |archive-date=September 29, 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=May 20, 2017 }}</ref>
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==Government==
Alva has an aldermanic form of government.<ref name ="alvapedia"/>
==Education==
The [[Alva Independent School District]] oversees the five public school facilities and a district office in the Alva area.
[[File:castleonhill.jpg|thumb|right|[[Northwestern Oklahoma State University|Northwestern Normal School]], 1901]]
Alva is home to [[Northwestern Oklahoma State University]] (NWOSU), founded in 1897 as a 'Northwestern [[normal school|Normal School]]'.<ref name="alvapedia" /> President James E. Ament and two teachers made up the first faculty, with classes meeting in the Congregational Church. The college's main building was built in 1899 and known as the "Castle on the Hill," a huge, fanciful brick building, modeled after a Norman castle, that towered over much of the town. The Castle burned down in 1935 and was replaced by Jesse Dunn Hall, which was dedicated in 1937 by [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].<ref name=build70th>{{cite web|title=Three buildings celebrating 70th year|url=http://www.nwosu.edu/Websites/NWOSU/Images/UnivRelations/Tour/JDCHEC%20histories.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205064250/http://www.nwosu.edu/Websites/NWOSU/Images/UnivRelations/Tour/JDCHEC%20histories.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2016|url-status=dead|website=Northwestern Oklahoma State University|access-date=June 28, 2015}}</ref> By 1939, all of the normal schools, including Northwestern State College, offered bachelor's degrees and were reclassified as state colleges. In the 1950s, Northwestern added a fifth-year program culminating in a master's degree. In 1974, the name changed to its present 'Northwestern Oklahoma State University'. In 1996, branch campuses in Woodward and Enid expanded the university's useful service area. The university also boasts a proud tradition in athletics, competing as the [[Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers]] in the [[Great American Conference]]. Formerly residing in the [[Sooner Athletic Conference]] in the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]], the Rangers made the move to [[NCAA Division II]] membership in 2012 under the direction of current university president Dr. Janet Cunningham, and former director of athletics Andrew Carter.
[[Northwest Technology Center]] is based in Alva.
==Transportation==
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[[Alva Regional Airport]], a 650-acre [[general aviation]] facility owned and operated by the city, is immediately south of the city on the west side of [[U.S. Route 281]].<ref name="odotmap"/>
Alva is located on the [[Panhandle Subdivision]] of the [[Southern Transcon]] route of the [[BNSF Railway]]. This is the main transcontinental route between Los Angeles and Chicago, and carries an average of 90 freight trains per day. In January 2015 [[BNSF Railway]] announced an expansion project to add a second track between [[Wellington, Kansas]] and [[Avard, Oklahoma]] passing through Alva as part of a $175 million expansion in the South Region
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* ''[[Alva Review-Courier]]'' - published Friday,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Marione |title=Hard times mean hard decisions |url=https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/story/2023/12/13/local/hard-times-mean-hard-decisions/85742.html |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Alva Review-Courier |language=en}}</ref> and ''The'' ''Newsgram'' - published on Wednesday.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Alva Review-Courier |url=https://www.alvareviewcourier.com/about |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.alvareviewcourier.com}}</ref>
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==Notable people==
{{See also|Northwestern Oklahoma State University#Notable alumni|l1=List of Northwestern Oklahoma State University
* [[Jessie Thatcher Bost]] (1875-1963), first female student at Oklahoma A&M university (now [[Oklahoma State University]]) moved to Alva in 1908.
* [[Scott Case (American football)|Scott Case]], former NFL player.
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*[[Lester Raymer]], multidisciplinary artist
* [[Herbert D. Smith]], former member of [[Oklahoma House of Representatives]] elected in 1954, was born in Alva.
* [[Randy Terrill]], former member of [[Oklahoma House of Representatives]], was born in Alva and graduated from Alva High School.
==In popular culture==
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==See also==
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==External links==
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* [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AL015.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture – Alva]
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