"[5] In the Land Run of 1889, Jordan Pybas and his wife settled in what is present-day Del City.

[8] Developer George Epperly purchased a wheat field 160 acres (0.65 km2) large at the corner of SE 29th Street and Sunnylane Road in 1946 with a plan to build fifty houses.

[8] In February 1959, Del City adopted a charter and a council-manager form of town government.

The city also acquired a piece of undeveloped land that separated it from Tinker Air Force Base.

Several children of the Eighty-niners (89ers) still lived in the area, and they identified every original homestead within city limits.

Wrestler and two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner John Smith previously resided in Del City.

Midwest Trophy Manufacturing began in David R. Smith's garage in Del City in 1971.

Midwest Trophy Manufacturing (now known as MTM Recognition) employs over 750 people throughout North America, 400 of them in Del City.

[citation needed] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19 km2), all land.

[9] Del City is in a region dominated by the Cross Timbers, an area of prairie and patches of forest at the eastern extent of the Great Plains.

Because of these convergences of dry and wet weather patterns, Del City is located at the heart of what is known as Tornado Alley, and is in one of the most tornado-prone areas in the United States.

[22] Del City borders Tinker Air Force Base, the largest single-site employer in Oklahoma.

[29] Rose State Community College is located within 15 miles (24 km) of Del City.

Dedicated in November 2010, the memorials include an armored personnel carrier and a Fallen Soldier Battle Cross being watched over by two crouched U.S. servicemen.

[11] Outdoor recreational areas include the Del City Ball Park, three bicycle and pedestrian trails, and Eagle Lake.

The funnel was approximately a half-mile wide when it entered Del City as an F4 from the west near the intersection of S.E.

The tornado continued on a north-northeast trajectory, exiting the city near Sooner Road and Woodview Drive.

President Bill Clinton visited Del City and the surrounding areas a few days later to view the damage caused by the storm.

The only visible evidence of the tornado's path today include the cluster of newly constructed homes, the absence of large trees, and an interruption in the row of evergreen trees that lined Sooner Road between 44th Street and 29th Street.

[citation needed] A memorial stands along a walking and bike path on Sooner Road and is dedicated to the seven people who lost their lives during the May 3 tornado.

[36] United States Air Force Staff Sergeant James Day was killed in an ATV accident on May 8, 1999, while he was patrolling an area of Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, which had been damaged in the tornado.

The tornado ultimately claimed a total of 36 lives throughout the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.