Ringling, OK

Ringling is a town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 869 residents. Ringling was named for John Ringling, the founder of the Ringling Brothers Circus. John Ringling and a partner, Jake Hamon, financed construction of the Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railway in 1913, to provide transportation to farmers and ranchers between Ardmore and Lawton. The through line in Ringling is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Ringling makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Construction began on May 1, 1913, at Ardmore and progressed westward. Ringling is located in eastern Jefferson County and is bordered to the south by Cornish. U.S. Route 70 passes through the southern part of Ringling, leading 23 miles west to Waurika, the Jefferson county seat, and 25 miles east to Ardmore.