Kingfisher College

Kingfisher County · on OK-33 on east side of Kingfisher

The Congregationalists founded the Kingfisher College in 1890. When the school closed in 1922, its endowment was transferred to the University of Oklahoma to fund the Kingfisher Chair of Religion and Ethics.

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