History :

Yukon, born in 1891 with about 25 residents, has grown in its 104 years to a fine little city of about 24,000.

A. N. Spencer, a cattleman from Texas, became a railroad builder.  He was building a rail line from El Reno to Arkansas.  On this route there were no towns between El Reno and Oklahoma City.

Spencer was a planner and a builder and he decided to start a town on the proposed railroad route about 12 miles east of El Reno.

He purchased part of two, quarter sections north of the present Main Street.  The land belonged to Luther Morrison and Minnie Taylor.  He also bought two quarter sections south of Main Street from Joseph Carson and his sister Josephine.  A. N. Spencer was busy building the railroad so he brought in his brothers, L. M. Spencer, William Spencer, and Sam Spencer to help build the town.  Friends who came to help were Dan, Sam and George Hogan, J. M. and Joe Farris, and D. S. McEwen.