Welcome to Tonkawa

We're a city full of new ideas and great people, the perfect place to grow your business and your family.

Stronger Together, Safer Together

They All Stay Together

The accepted translation of Tonkawa is a Waco term meaning “They All Stay Together.” We are hard-working people. As we honor this translation, we are stronger together, safer together, and willing to roll up our sleeves for one another to preserve and progress our community.

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City Council & Administration

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Development Authority

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Fire Department & EMS

Full-time fire protection, emergency medical services, and rural ambulance.

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Municipal Court

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Police Department

Law enforcement, community policing, and public safety.

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Public Library

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Public Works & Utilities

Electric, gas, water, wastewater, sanitation, and streets.

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The only one in the world

Walk the Heart in the Park

Tonkawa keeps the world's only heart-shaped labyrinth, a quarter mile of winding path folded into the shape of a heart. Find the centre with someone you love, or walk it alone at sunset. It takes about fifteen minutes and costs nothing.

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We Are the Wheat Heart of Oklahoma

Located in Kay County in north central Oklahoma on Interstate 35 and nestled 100 miles north of Oklahoma City and 75 miles south of Wichita along the Salt Fork Arkansas River, Tonkawa is the perfect place to call home.

Just passing through? Refresh with a walk around the only heart-shaped labyrinth in the world and enjoy lunch at one of our local cafés.

Residents Visitors

Small Town, Big Ideas

Are you ready for something new? Make your next great move working alongside us. We hope that a career with the City of Tonkawa is an opportunity for you and your family to shape the next wave of growth in our city.

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