Emergency Biohazard Cleanup Near Seiling Historic District Seiling, OK

Seiling is a city in Dewey County, Oklahoma, and despite its small size it is the largest city in the county, sitting about 10 miles north of the county seat, Taloga.

Seiling bills itself as the "Crossroads of Northwest Oklahoma" because U.S. Highways 60, 270 and 281 and State Highways 3 and 51 all converge there, with U.S. 183 just to the west.

The town was first laid out as Hobson by the Hobson Town and Improvement Company, then renamed in January 1899 for Louis Seiling, a local store owner who had homesteaded in the Cheyenne-Arapaho Land Run of April 1892; it incorporated in 1909.

Seiling grew into an agricultural center even though the nearest railroad depot was more than 25 miles away in Canton and there were no bridges across either Canadian River until 1906; the town even built a horse racing track in 1903.

The Seiling Milling Company opened a flour mill in 1918 and marketed its "White Rose Special" flour until the mill closed in 1952.

The 2020 census counted 850 people in Seiling in 325 households, and about 68% of its homes were owner-occupied.

Seiling's girls basketball team won four consecutive Oklahoma state championships from 2016 through 2019.

Seiling's recreation includes Seiling City Park on Seiling Creek, a public swimming pool and a 9-hole golf course built in 1980, with Canton Lake to the east and Little Sahara State Park about a half-hour north.

Seiling is the hometown of Gary England, Oklahoma's best-known television meteorologist, and of Major League Baseball pitcher Jordy Mercer.