History & Geography

Situated in proximity to fertile farmland, Yukon quickly thrived as the urban center for area farmers. A small milling operation, the Yukon Mill and Grain Company, opened in 1893 and grew to shipping flour and feeds throughout the south and exporting them overseas by 1915. Paying homage to that history, the students of Yukon High School are known as "Millers", and their mascot is "The Miller Man".

The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company laid its track, causing the abandonment of Frisco, which had a population of 1,000 at the time.  Beginning in about 1898, Yukon began to attract immigrants from Bohemia. Following World War I and the dissolution of Bohemia into Czechoslovakia and Moravia the immigrants became known as Czechs. Yukon is known as the "Czech Capital of Oklahoma".

The Chisholm Trail is a famous route which crosses through Yukon, where Mulvey Pond is a famous watering hole for horses and cattle.

Another main thoroughfare in Yukon is U.S. Highway 66. Designated in 1926, Route 66 was a major transportation artery through the town for decades before the four-lane Interstate 40 displaced it in the 1960s. 

In 1949, Yukon garnered national media attention because of the plight of Grady the Cow, who was stuck inside a silo for four days.