Marietta, OK (CDP)

Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Love County, Oklahoma, United States. Marietta is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma, Micropolitan Statistical Area. For tourism purposes, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism includes it in 'Chickasaw Country'. Downtown Marietta suffered when Interstate 35 was built on the edge of town. By the turn of the 21st Century, the main employers were the Marietta Bakery and Siemens Dematic. A newcomer can read Marietta through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Marietta comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Marietta is also a part of the Texoma region. Settlers were attracted by the fertile land near the Red River, which was conducive to agriculture and cattle raising. Cotton quickly became the principal crop.