Kingfisher's own Choate yard, a short run to disposal

The Cimarron River crosses Kingfisher County between Kingfisher and Hennessey, and US-81 crosses it at Dover. Most of Choate's Kingfisher County wells are north of the river, so the route from a lease south of it matters: the highway bridge is the dependable crossing, and county-road river crossings are the ones that close after heavy rain.

Kingfisher County is part of the STACK play. Leases east and west of town on SH-33 produce water year-round, and completions add flowback on top. Staging trucks at the Kingfisher Yard shortens the empty leg of every run, which is the part of a water haul nobody pays for.

The water goes into a Choate truck and down a Choate well: OCC-permitted Class II injection, no third-party disposal fee on top of the haul, and one dispatch desk for both. Call 405-463-9527 any hour.

Kingfisher was born in the Land Run of 1889 around a federal land office, and in June 1890 the rival townsites of Kingfisher City and Lisbon merged into one town. It took its name from King Fisher, an early resident. Abraham J. Seay, the second governor of Oklahoma Territory, built his mansion here, and Kingfisher College operated from 1895 to 1922. For a time the town billed itself as the world's leading wheat market.

The Chisholm Trail Museum and Seay Mansion on Zellers Avenue tell that story, and a statue of Jesse Chisholm stands in town. The Seay Mansion, the old post office, the armory, Memorial Hall and the Burrus Mills Elevator are all on the National Register of Historic Places.

Kingfisher High School's Yellowjackets won Class 3A state football titles in 2003 and 2013; the 2013 team finished unbeaten, beating Blanchard 30–23 in the final. Sam Walton was born in Kingfisher in 1918, and so was Joe Redington, the founder of the Iditarod. Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has been headquartered here since 1953, and the Kingfisher Winter Nights light display brightens the town each November and December.