Central High is a town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,181 at the time of the 2020 Census. The town was named in 1921, because it was near the center of a consolidated high school district, created from four smaller districts in Stephens County: Wolf Creek, Nellie, Prairie Center, and Pleasant Hill. Until then, students li…
Central High is a town in Stephens County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,181 at the time of the 2020 Census. The town was named in 1921, because it was near the center of a consolidated high school district, created from four smaller districts in Stephens County: Wolf Creek, Nellie, Prairie Center, and Pleasant Hill. Until then, students living in the area only had access to eighth grade education in each of the old districts. When Central High was formed, it built a four-room junior high and a senior high school named Central High School. Lower-grade students attended elementary schools in their former districts. This arrangement lasted until the late 1930s. A fire in 1952 destroyed the original Central High School.
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