Roosevelt, Oklahoma

Roosevelt is a town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.

According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the present town of Roosevelt was originally planned by Parkersburg Development Company before the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in 1901.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all land.

[6] Great Plains State Park and Tom Steed Reservoir are to the southeast.

About 15.6% of families and 21.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 25.9% of those 65 or over.

General Tommy Franks has lived on 240 acres southeast of Roosevelt since his retirement from the US Army in 2003.

Map of Oklahoma highlighting Kiowa County