West Siloam Springs is a town in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.
[4] A bedroom community for Siloam Springs, Arkansas, it is notable for its Cherokee casino,[5] and is the closest town to Natural Falls State Park.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2), all land.
[8] Smith Field, a/k/a the Siloam Springs Municipal Airport, is approximately six miles to the east,[9] and features a paved runway of almost 5000’.
[10] Commercial air transportation is available from Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, about 24 miles to the east-northeast.
The movie tells the story of a young boy growing up in rural Oklahoma during the hard times of the Great Depression and is considered an American classic.