Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Woods
- Incorporated
- 1893 ; 133 years ago ( 1893 )
- Named after
- Alva Adams
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Kelly Parker
- City manager
- Stephen Ford
- Total
- 6.31 sq mi (16.33 km )
- Land
- 6.31 sq mi (16.33 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,345 ft (410 m)
- Density
- 797.5/sq mi (307.91/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 40-01800
- Website
- alvaok.org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Alva is a city in and the county seat of Woods County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Salt Fork Arkansas River. The population was 5,028 at the time of the 2020 Census, up from 4,945 at the 2010 census. The main campus of Northwestern Oklahoma State University is in Alva.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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