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Altus| Town and administrative headquarters of Jackson County, southwest Oklahoma, USA; population (1990) 21,900. It is situated 83 km/52 mi west of Lawton. Surrounded by an irrigation region, Altus processes and distributes cotton, cottonseed, alfalfa seed, wheat, and cattle. Altus Air Force Base to the northeast, is a major training facility, and an important local employer. The town is home to Western Oklahoma State College (1926). |
| Altus was founded after an 1891 flood sent the residents of the town of Fraiser to higher ground; hence the city's name, from the Latin for ‘high place’. |
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