Ceres, Oklahoma

Ceres (locally /ˈsɪərz/^[1]) is an unincorporated community in Noble County, Oklahoma, United States.^[2][3] It is located north of Perry, south of Tonkawa, east-northeast of Enid and southwest of Ponca City, off U.S. 77 and SH-15.^[4]

The town was named McKinney shortly after the Land Run of 1893.^[1] But it was renamed Ceres a few years later,^[1] after the mythological goddess of harvest.^[5]

The depression-era WPA Guide to Oklahoma: The Sooner State described Ceres as a settlement having a population of 10, two stores and a filling station,^[5] yet the town has survived into the 21st century.^[3]