Going to Land Run...watch out in Arcadia

[SGT. ELI 35882 GUNFIGHTER]

Careful when going thru Arcadia for Land Run, Just saw that Doc (chapmaker) was ticketed by a zealous officer named Wyatt in Arcadia for 46 in a 45, says it cost him $300.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

That just doesn't sound 'rite'.  

Would love to a a copy of that citation. 

[SHOOTIN FOX]

Arcadia is a speed trap.  Be careful.

[T-Square]

My traffic stop:

"Officer, my hands are on the wheel, I have seventeen guns in my vehicle, two thousand rounds of ammunition, and 25 pounds of black powder.  Am I being detained?  Please get a supervisor on-site".   !!!!  LOL

Edited October 4, 2025 by T-Square

[Rye Miles #13621]

54 minutes ago, SGT. ELI 35882 GUNFIGHTER said:

Careful when going thru Arcadia for Land Run, Just saw that Doc (chapmaker) was ticketed by a zealous officer named Wyatt in Arcadia for 46 in a 45, says it cost him $300.

Sounds like fake news 🙄

[Kingsley]

When we drove through this morning, there was a cop about a 1/4 mile outside city limit's running a drone.  And the ticketing cop was about 1/2 mile down the road.  Drive careful.  C'ya all soon.

 

CC

[doc roy l. pain]

Hey, it’s a good time for these little towns to make some money lol

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

I wonder if they target out of state plates?

[Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator]

3 hours ago, SHOOTIN FOX said:

Arcadia is a speed trap.  Be careful.

You bet it is.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

I drove through Arcadia yesterday PM.  Before and after Arcadia locals were speeding on Rt 66.  However, in Arcadia everyone was carefully obeying the speed limit.  Arcadia is congested.  I understand the need for lower speeds.  I saw no traffic cops.

[La Sombra]

They were out today at noon.

 

La Sombra

[Scarlett]

I saw them about 12:30 today. The construction is finished and the roads are good… easy to go faster than 45.  
 

46 in a 45? I’d protest … except Doc is probably gonna be back in Colorado when his court date arrives. 
 

Hugs!

Scarlett

[Judge Gardner]

I will make sure I don't spend any money in that town!!!!!

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

7 minutes ago, Judge Gardner said:

I will make sure I don't spend any money in that town!!!!!

Then you would miss dining at the Chicken Shack with your friends - a handy location very near the shooting range.  The proprietors are not responsible for the traffic enforcement situation.

[Texas Maverick]

22 hours ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Then you would miss dining at the Chicken Shack with your friends - a handy location very near the shooting range.  The proprietors are not responsible for the traffic enforcement situation.

He is right, the Chicken Shack it one of our favorite places to grab a bit as well as Pops Rt 66 Diner. Both serve good food. The traffic cop has been doing this for years and those of us that have been to Land Run are aware of it and just forget to tell others at this time of the year. I go around 5 under just to play it safe. Safe travels all. We will be heading out of Round Rock, TX on Tuesday morning and heading that way pulling our beast of a 5th wheel. Will be staying at the shotgun range. come by and say hi.

 

TM

Edited October 6, 2025 by Texas Maverick

[SHOOTIN FOX]

They were sitting at the junction of Hiawasee and Route 66 watching the stop sign from the range to Arcadia today. Obey the traffic laws. They have a zero tolerance policy. 

[Nostrum Damus SASS #110702]

This is good to know for Land Run first-timers like me.  Are there any other historically persistent speed traps on the way to the range?

ND

[WymoreWrangler SASS 46187L]

On 10/3/2025 at 7:49 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Sounds like fake news 🙄

No that has been the normal routine for nearly twenty years going through Arcadia...

[Texas Maverick]

On 10/3/2025 at 8:47 PM, Abilene, SASS # 27489 said:

I wonder if they target out of state plates?

nope, everyone is fair game for them. My brother only lives about 15 minutes away and they travel 66 a lot and they all know to slow down or else.

 

TM

[Texas Maverick]

On 10/3/2025 at 7:49 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Sounds like fake news 🙄

Not sure where you are coming from calling it fake news but there isn't anything fake about this. It is a fact and I can bet there are a lot of shooters that can attest to it. I have seen them there for over 7 years and my brother lives in the area and can go back at least 20 years and it has always been a problem for people driving through Arcadia. They are well know to everyone around there.

 

TM

[Hoss]

Did y’all hear the story about the round barn in Arcadia? Guy that built it went crazy in it. 

Couldn’t find a corner to pee in 🤪

 

Safe travels to all. I’ll be camping on the shotgun range. Coffee pot will be on! 

[Captain Bill Burt]

11 hours ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Then you would miss dining at the Chicken Shack with your friends - a handy location very near the shooting range.  The proprietors are not responsible for the traffic enforcement situation.

Who put the political structure that oversees law enforcement in place?

[Rye Miles #13621]

8 hours ago, Texas Maverick said:

Not sure where you are coming from calling it fake news but there isn't anything fake about this. It is a fact and I can bet there are a lot of shooters that can attest to it. I have seen them there for over 7 years and my brother lives in the area and can go back at least 20 years and it has always been a problem for people driving through Arcadia. They are well know to everyone around there.

 

TM

I said it SOUNDED like fake news because they said they got a Ticket for one mile over the speed limit! That’s hard to believe!

Edited October 6, 2025 by Rye Miles #13621

[Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator]

57 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I said it SOUNDED like fake news because they said they got a Ticket for one mile over the speed limit! That’s hard to believe!

If Doc and Andrea say it so then I believe it.  But it is very depressing.  Vending fees plus a $300  ticket makes for a tough business match for this couple/company. who traveled from Colorado.

Arcadia has long been a notorious speed trap.

Welcome to home of OKC Gun Club,  .and probably their biggest annual event there. 

Hope Docs Old West gets rewarded in business.

[Matthew Duncan]

The Town I worked for didn’t have its own traffic court so we used the nearest City’s court.  By Indiana law we were allowed one dollar per ticket.  We could have raked in two or three dollars per month.  Cost the Town more to apply for the funds then what we’d received so we didn’t.

[Frontier Lone Rider]

West Virginia has a state law against a Speed Trap set-up specifically to raise money.  A near town set-up a speed trap right off of the interstate.  A fellow sued and the town had to turn in their City Charter rather than continue to pay their bills without the speed trap.

[Dantankerous]

1 hour ago, Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator said:

If Doc and Andrea say it so then I believe it.  But it is very depressing.  Vending fees plus a $300  ticket makes for a tough business match for this couple/company. who traveled from Colorado.

Arcadia has long been a notorious speed trap.

Welcome to home of OKC Gun Club,  .and probably their biggest annual event there. 

Hope Docs Old West gets rewarded in business.

 

I love visiting Doc's Old West and have several awesome leather items he has made for me over the years. Doc and Andrea are fantastic people. I will definitely be visiting him this year and buying something from him to try to offset that BS traffic ticket. 

 

🤠

Edited October 6, 2025 by Dantankerous

[Texas Maverick]

4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I said it SOUNDED like fake news because they said they got a Ticket for one mile over the speed limit! That’s hard to believe!

Sorry Rye but saying his comment is fake is the same thing in my book as calling him a liar and that is not the cowboy way, especially one of our regulars. I guess we can agree to disagree.

 

TM

[Texas Maverick]

5 hours ago, Hoss said:

Did y’all hear the story about the round barn in Arcadia? Guy that built it went crazy in it. 

Couldn’t find a corner to pee in 🤪

 

Safe travels to all. I’ll be camping on the shotgun range. Coffee pot will be on! 

See ya tomorrow Hoss, we are also on the shotgun range

 

TM

[Griff]

6 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I said it SOUNDED like fake news because they said they got a Ticket for one mile over the speed limit! That’s hard to believe!

In a town with a "zero tolerance" policy, I can believe it.  However, it is also well known that most automobile speedometers are not that accurate and most LEOs I know or have known won't stop a vehicle unless they're exceeding between 3 & 7 mph over the limit, and/or committing multiple infractions.  In fact, my training officer told me he didn't stop anyone if he couldn't write them at least 3 moving violations.  I tried following his example... but some folks just warrant less tolerance!  But... we weren't traffic cops... or town cops... who often have a different mandate.  When I was a member of our County's Posse, I once wrote a young feller a ticket for going the exact speed limit, which he'd admitted he was going... but I noted that due to pedestrian traffic that was an "unsafe" speed.  The Judge agreed.  Might be one of very few "speeding" tickets given by a mounted (horseback) LEO in modern times.  

[Eyesa Horg]

Even at a mile an hour over, they know most folks aren't coming back just to fight it.

That's how Woodstock, Vermont works. Mine was 26 in a 25 and three quarters of a mile beyond the last sign. And a few hundred feet before the 40 sign he was sitting at. For $165, I wasn't taking a day off work to fight it in a libtard court!

[Texas Maverick]

for Arcadia it is probably a lot of the cities revenue. There isn't much else there to generate revenue to give them any money for a yearly  budget. Just stay 3 or 4 miles under the speed limit to play it safe.

 

 

TM

Edited October 6, 2025 by Texas Maverick

[Cypress Sun]

 

With a whopping population of 169 and a 1.5 sq. mile town size, you'd think they'd be a little friendlier. There are other ways to generate revenue other than bs traffic stops such as described above. The traffic stop revenue seems to be the only reason to justify the Department's existence.

 

• Education
• References
• External links

Arcadia, Oklahoma

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

•  

•  

 

Arcadia, Oklahoma
Town
Arcadia's Round Barn, a Route 66 icon
Motto:  "Unity - Pride - Commitment"
Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma.
Coordinates: 35°39′56″N 97°19′32″W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Oklahoma
Area [1]
• Total	1.52 sq mi (3.93 km2)
• Land	1.52 sq mi (3.93 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	961 ft (293 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	169
• Density	111.3/sq mi (42.99/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	73007
Area code	405
FIPS code	40-02550[3]
GNIS feature ID	2412375[2]
Website	www.travelok.com/Arcadia

Arcadia is a town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 169 at the 2020 United States census, a 31% decrease from 247 at the 2010 census.^[4]

History

Arcadia was established soon after the Land Rush of 1889 and drew both white and African American cotton farmers, who named the land after the Greek town of Arcadia. A post office was established in 1890. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad constructed a line in 1902-3 from Bartlesville to Oklahoma City, passing immediately south of Arcadia.^[5]

The town thrived as an agricultural community in the early 20th century. Located near the Deep Fork River, the soil was well suited to producing cotton. The local newspaper, the Arcadia Star, claimed Arcadia had a population of 800 in 1904. However, the U.S. census of 1900 counted only 706 in Deep Fork Township, which included Arcadia. The census at statehood in 1907 registered 994 persons in Arcadia.^[5]

In June 1924, fire destroyed most of the business district. One building, Tulon's Drugstore, survived and is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places.^[5]

Voters resisted incorporation attempts in the 1930s and again in 1980. Sentiment changed after Edmond, Oklahoma attempted to annex the community in 1984-85, and Arcadia finally incorporated in 1987.

Geography

Arcadia is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Oklahoma City.^[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), all land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1990	320		—
2000	279		−12.8%
2010	247		−11.5%
2020	169		−31.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

2020 census

Arcadia town, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2000[7]	Pop 2010[8]	Pop 2020[9]	% 2000	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	91	59	55	32.62%	23.89%	32.54%
Black or African American alone (NH)	155	140	77	55.56%	56.68%	45.56%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	20	18	12	7.17%	7.29%	7.10%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	0	0	0	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	12	24	17	4.30%	9.72%	10.06%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	1	6	8	0.36%	2.43%	4.73%
Total	279	247	169	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

2000 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 247 people living in the town.^[10] The population density was 185 inhabitants per square mile (71/km²). There were 113 housing units at an average density of 81.9 per square mile (31.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 57.89% African American, 23.89% White, 7.29% Native American, 0.81% from other races, and 10.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.43% of the population.

There were 108 households, out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 18.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.2% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 20.4% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $24,359, and the median income for a family was $27,083. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $25,625 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,722. About 10.9% of families and 29.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.5% of those 65 or over.

Pops Restaurant, Route 66, Arcadia

Economy

Residents who are still employed generally commute to other communities for work, primarily in Oklahoma City.^[5]

Education

Most of Arcadia is in Edmond Public Schools, while a portion is in Luther Public Schools.^[11]

[La Sombra]

4 hours ago, Texas Maverick said:

See ya tomorrow Hoss, we are also on the shotgun range

 

TM

There goes the neighborhood!

[Texas Maverick]

54 minutes ago, La Sombra said:

There goes the neighborhood!

Your just jealous you aren't on the shotgun range. LOL

 

TM