Yukon is a city in eastern Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States.

Founded in the 1890s, the town was named in reference to a gold rush in Yukon Territory, Canada, at the time.

Historically, Yukon served as an urban center for area farmers and the site of a milling operation.

Currently, it is primarily a residential community for people who work in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.

[7] Spencer, a cattleman from Texas turned railroad builder, was working on a line from El Reno to Arkansas when he decided to build the town.

[8] He had agreed to do so and lay the train tracks through the town in exchange for half of the lots, which were owned by Minnie Taylor and Luther S.

[6] Spencer also bought two quarter sections south of Main Street from Joseph Carson and his sister, Josephine.

[8] Spencer and his brother, Lewis, named the town after the Yukon Territory of Canada, where a gold rush was booming at the time.

"[8] 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.

[8] Businesses remained clustered on Main Street between Fourth and Fifth, until the 1920s, when they began to locate in other parts of the town.

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

The western boundary of Oklahoma City is at the county line 3.5 miles east of the center of Yukon.

In late August Yukon also holds a country music festival, called "Rock the Route."

The governing body in turn hires a nonpartisan manager who has broad authority to run the organization.

[18] The high school has won state titles in softball in 1986, 1991, 1997, 2000, and 2010; in boys basketball in 1974 and 1979; in baseball in 1982, 1996, and 1997; and cheerleading in 2002.