Place:Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States

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NameCushing
TypeCity
Coordinates35.983°N 96.764°W
Located inPayne, Oklahoma, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Fairlawn Cemetery
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Cushing (, meaning: "Soft-seat town") is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,826 at the time of the 2010 census, a decline of 6.5% since 8,371 in 2000. Cushing was established after the Land Run of 1891 by William "Billy Rae" Little. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker.

A 1912 oil boom led to the city's development as a refining center. Today, Cushing is a major trading hub for crude oil and a price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate on the New York Mercantile Exchange and is known as the "Pipeline Crossroads of the World."

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