Stillwater was part of the first Land Run on April 22, 1889, and adopted its city charter that August 24. It is now the seat of Payne County, with 48,394 residents at the 2020 census, up from 45,688 in 2010, and ZIP codes running from 74074 through 74078.
Oklahoma State University’s main campus is here, with more than 20,000 students, and the university is the city’s largest employer. Boone Pickens Stadium and Gallagher-Iba Arena host Cowboys football and basketball, and Stillwater Public Schools serves more than 5,400 students across nearly all of the city.
Boomer Lake on the north side has the Kameoka Trail looping around it and hosts the Boomer Blast fireworks every Fourth of July. State Highway 51 crosses town as 6th Avenue, and US-177 runs north and south as Perkins Road.
Large hail shows up often in the local storm record. National Weather Service storm data shows a public report of 1.75-inch hail in Stillwater on May 5, 2022. Late on November 19, 2025, a storm chaser reported 3.5-inch hail about four miles north-northeast of the Stillwater airport, with golf-ball-size stones reported northwest of the airport the same hour.
The City of Stillwater sets its own building requirements, and they can change. We confirm what your project needs with the city before any tear-off begins.