Arnett, OK

Arnett is a town in and the county seat of Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 495 residents. The townsite came about at the junction of local trading routes. A post office was established at the townsite in 1902, with William G. Fort Supply Reservoir and Cooper Wildlife Management Area are to the northwest. Lake Lloyd Vincent and the Ellis County Wildlife Management Area are to the southwest. Arnett Public Schools operates one school in the town, Arnett School. In Arnett, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture.

The map tells the story in Arnett, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Arnett lies approximately 9 miles north-northeast of the Canadian River in the rolling Red Plains region of the Great Plains. Located in northwestern Oklahoma at the junction of U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 283, Arnett is 131 mi west-northwest of Oklahoma City, 135 mi northeast of Amarillo, and 172 mi southwest of Wichita.