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Facts about Ardmore

Ardmore is also known as: Carter County / Ardmore city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Mark Gastineau (american football player), Kris Steele (politician), Rex Ryan (coach), Rob Ryan (coach), and Thomas Benson (american football player).

And featured attractions of Ardmore: Black Theater of Ardmore, Dornick Hills Country Club, and Southern Oklahoma Technology Center.

Ardmore is represented by Mayor Martin Dyer.

Ardmore is a business, cultural and tourism city in and the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,283, with an estimated population of 24,950 in 2013. The Ardmore micropolitan statistical area had an estimated population of 48,491 in 2013. Ardmore is located 90 miles (140 km) equidistant from Oklahoma City and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, at the junction of Interstate 35 and U.S. Highway 70, and is generally considered the hub of the ten-county region of South Central Oklahoma, also known by state tourism pamphlets as "Arbuckle Country" and "Lake and Trail Country". Ardmore is situated about 9 miles (14 km) south of the Arbuckle Mountains and is located at the eastern margin of the Healdton Basin, one of the most oil-rich regions of the United States.Ardmore was named after the affluent Philadelphia suburb and historic Pennsylvania Main Line stop of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, which was named after Ardmore, Ireland, by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1873. The name "Ardmore" is Gaelic, signifying high grounds or hills. It is also a part of the Texoma region.

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