Map of Mountain View town, Oklahoma

Mountain View is a town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 795 at the 2010 census, a decline of 9.7 percent from 880 in 2000.

Mountain View town overview:
Name:	Mountain View town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Oklahoma
County:	Kiowa County
Elevation:	1,335 ft (407 m)
Total Area:	0.57 sq mi (1.47 km²)
Land Area:	0.57 sq mi (1.47 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	740
Population Density:	1,300.53/sq mi (502.09/km²)
ZIP code:	73062
Area code:	580
FIPS code:	4049650
GNISfeature ID:	1095652

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History

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) extended a line from Chickasha to the northern part of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservation in 1899. It terminated about two miles from an existing tent city called Oakdale, consisting of a store and post office on the former Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation. The Oakdale post office was renamed Mountain View, honoring the nearby Wichita Mountains, on October 9, 1900.

In 1903, the entire town relocated to a site closer to the railroad. The move was completed in 1904. Nicknaming itself, “the City in the Woods,” the town became a point for transshipping Texas cattle on the Rock Island. Cattle were unloaded from trains and allowed to graze on Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservation land before resuming their journey to markets. By 1910, the town had a population of 855.

Jacob Aldolphus Bryce (Delf A. ‘Jelly’ Bryce), born 1906 at Mountain View, was an FBI agent significant for being an exceptional marksman and fast draw, and for his dress sense.