Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Lindsay, OK

Lindsay is a city in northwestern Garvin County, in the Washita River valley in south-central Oklahoma.

Lindsay was founded in January 1902 where the Santa Fe-affiliated Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad linked their lines halfway between Chickasha and Pauls Valley; trains from both directions turned around at Lindsay.

Lindsay was named after Lewis Lindsay, a local farmer who donated 440 acres of land for the townsite, which at the time lay in Pickens County of the Chickasaw Nation.

Broomcorn was introduced at Lindsay in 1906, and by the 1950s the town's huge production earned it the title 'Broomcorn Capital of the World'; by 1961 the Lindsay area harvested more broomcorn than any other region in the world, but the crop faded by 1982 as synthetic brooms took over, and the town no longer uses the slogan.

Oil was discovered near Lindsay in 1945, and the oilfield industry remains a major source of revenue and jobs for the city today.

Lindsay's population peaked at 4,258 in 1960; the 2020 census counted 2,864 residents.

The 2020 census counted 1,141 households in Lindsay, and about 63% of its homes are owner-occupied.

The Murray-Lindsay Mansion near town, built in the early 1880s by Irish immigrant Frank Murray and his Choctaw wife Alzira, was the largest and most ornate house in the western Chickasaw Nation, with 15 rooms, two baths and four fireplaces; it is now a museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Erin Springs Mansion.

Lindsay has three public parks: Charlie Jones Park, George Brown Park (home to the Lindsay Municipal Golf Course), and Glen Curley Park, which has a swimming pool.

Lindsay Public Schools provide schooling from kindergarten through high school, and the city is served by Lindsay Municipal Airport northeast of town.