Bromide, OK

Bromide is a town in Coal and Johnston counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The 2020 census counted 123 residents. The area around Bromide was noted for its mineral springs, and the bromide content of the water gave the town its name. Bromide was also noted for limestone quarrying and the potential to produce manganese. The through line in Bromide is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Bromide makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Proposals to promote economic growth from these assets never materialized. Bromide was founded by Judge William H. Jackson, a former superintendent of the nearby Wapanucka Academy, who recognized the site near several mineral springs as a potential tourist attraction.