Where is luther oklahoma

Snow falls between November to March: 9. Luther is located in the " Tornado Alley and experiences approximately 10 Tornado watches annually. Tornado Risk : read more about Tornado Risk along Route See this map of Route 66 through Luther. At Luther some sections of the original roadbed are gone, you can see them in our missing segments map red lines. The current highway curves slightly to the north on the eastern side of Luther because it was realigned in when the new railroad overpass was built to replace the original one shown in the black and white photo.

But a short section of the original Route 66 still survives in the town, one block of N. Dogwood St. It is pictured below, where 1 marks the dead end on the original alignment, 2 is the realignment and 3 the new overpass across the railroad.

Just 0. This section was bypassed in You can still see the old bridge abutements north of the modern bridge pictured below. Old closed alignment West of Luther. Credits , click for street view. Further west, after the river, to your right, you can see the curved segment that heads eastwards to a dead end at Deep Fork River.

This was the original road, paved in Portland cement in and bypassed in and pictured above, see it in this map. The highway continues west, to Arcadia map. The village lies south of US The crossroad lies between two railroad overpasses. Only facility on US 66 is a gas station at the junction Rittenhouse He added that there was " more gas " 4 miles west the old Conoco.

On the eastern side Rittenhouse mentioned that 3 miles away, was a " Gas station and Red Cross first aid station ", which is the Threatt's Filling Station, and the town's cemetery with " old-fashioned markers ".

The railroads he mentions are the current Frisco line and one that was removed, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas line, on the western side of the Deep Fork River, as you can see in the USGS map click on thumbnail map to enlarge marked with blue arrows. The highway follows the old alignment now closed, mentioned further up.

The red arrow marks the course US66 would follow when it was realigned in We will start our tour on the eastern side of Luther, 3 miles east, at the historic Threatt filling station.

This is the map of the tour. Threatt gas station Credits. Vintage sandsone house-style service station built in the early s on the main throughfare, that would later become Route The building dates back to the period between and and was built using local sandstone.

As a service station it is designed in the "house style", with the appearance of a bungalow with a four gabled shingle roof. Blackburn, Bob L. Fugate, Francis L. Roadside history of Oklahoma. Moon, Ruth. Oklahoma City, OK: Sept. The materials in this collection are for study and research purposes only. Winters are comparatively mild and short with one winter in three having temperatures below zero. First freeze is November 1, last is early April.

Recent job growth is Positive. Luther jobs have increased by 2. More Economy. More Voting Stats. Since , it has had a population decline of 5.

Learn More The National Average is Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 4. The average school expenditure in the U. There are about More Education. Start Your Review of Luther. Members receive 10 FREE city profile downloads a month, unlimited access to our detailed cost of living calculator and analysis, unlimited access to our DataEngine, and more.

Enhanced Cost of Living Calculator Now includes childcare, taxes, health, housing for home owners vs renters, insurance costs and more when you upgrade to premium. Log In Sign Up. Aldrich of Cumberland County, Illinois. When the railroad extended east along what is now Highway 66 an old friend of Aldrich, C. Jones, became interested in the new territory and made land purchases to build towns along the railroad in Oklahoma Territory.

Before this the 40 acres Aldrich had bought was known as the Garnettville Community — it was platted then in and became the town of Luther, named after Luther Jones, son of C. Jones, who had been named after Luther Aldrich. Visit the Community. As of the census of , the total population was 1,, with households, and families residing in the town.