Talk:Enid, Oklahoma/Archive 1/2023/July

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Enid, Oklahoma was actually named after Enid Hungate, the first child born in the county back in 1894. Enid was the oldest of 7 children by Walter and Evangeline Hungate. I can verify this because I am her great-great niece and have articles and family letters dating back to when Enid was born and when they decided to name it Enid, Oklahoma. (71.12.102.90 (talk) 16:53, 10 June 2014 (UTC))

Hi! That's a good start but I am holding off on making the edit for now because your statement by itself is not enough to prove the case to the skeptics here. Enid Hungate Ishmael's parents' names check out on genealogy.com (another link), but to prove that the city was named after her would require posting a reliably sourced article itself. If you can give the article name, publication, date, etc., that would get us further, and if you can quote the relevant section briefly that may be enough to get you over the hump due to assumption of good faith. If you have additional articles, that will help, although with family letters you would probably need to scan them into your own website and they would need to be vetted to see if they support the reliable sources. Please post to this talk page as soon as you have the additional material. Frieda Beamy (talk) 20:38, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

According to The West Side Democrat. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 3, 1893 Page: 2 of 4, available through the Oklahoma Historical Society’s Gateway search, the baby Enid Hungate was born to T.W. Hungate, named after the town, and not the other way around. The baby was born in October, and the town already had the name of Enid in September as referenced in previous editions of the West Side Democrat newspaper issued in September 1893. Kiddo27 (talk) 06:05, 18 August 2018 (UTC)