Edmond, OK: A Great Place to Grow Women's Tri-Blend Tee

Part of Our Route 66 Everytown Collection | Edmond Edition

Edmond, Oklahoma: A Great Place to Grow

Edmond began as a railroad water stop and sprang up in a single afternoon during the 1889 Land Run, and its old Route 66 corridor on 2nd Street and Broadway still holds a former Conoco station turned diner and a blue fiberglass hippo in Oklahoma.

Amble into Edmond, where a Santa Fe water stop grew into A Great Place to Grow, in a soft women's tri-blend tee made for Mother Road fans.

Part of the Route 66 Everytown Collection: one tee for every town that ever called the road home. Start with Edmond, then collect the entire route.

T-Shirt Details & Features

• Next Level 6710 women's tri-blend tee with a slim, feminine fit (see size chart in product image gallery)
• 50% polyester, 25% combed ring-spun cotton, 25% rayon for a soft, lightweight drape
• Crew neck with a tear-away label for comfort
• Available in sizes S–2XL
• Printed in the USA
• Free U.S. shipping on orders of $25 or more, applied automatically!

About Edmond, Oklahoma: Water Stop, Land Run and the Mother Road

Grokipedia says the Santa Fe Railway set up a coal and water stop named Edmond on March 28, 1887, for Edmond Schuyler Burdick of the railroad, and the town sprang up around it when the Land Run opened on April 22, 1889. Wikipedia adds that the site was picked because it was the highest point on the line in Oklahoma County and lists 94,428 residents in the 2020 census.

Wikipedia and the Edmond Route 66 guide give "A Great Place to Grow" as the city motto. In a 2011 Oklahoma Magazine interview, then-mayor Patrice Douglas said it means growth for families, businesses and parks. No record says who coined it or when the city adopted it.

The guide says Route 66 was aligned through Edmond in 1926 along what is now OK-66 and 2nd Street, then turned south on Broadway toward Oklahoma City, until August 1954, when US 66 moved to the new I-35. Stops it lists along the old route include the 1889 Territorial Schoolhouse on 2nd Street, the Sunnyside Diner in a former Conoco station, the 1901 Citizens' State Bank and the Blue Hippo on Broadway. The Edmond History Museum says the hippo debuted at 12th and Broadway in 1991 and hosts a Route 66 Blue Hippo Festival (most recently June 6, 2026).

The Arcadia Round Barn and Pops are a short drive east in Arcadia, not in Edmond, according to the Arcadia Route 66 guide.

Keep rolling along Route 66 with our women's tee for Oklahoma City to the south or our unisex tees for Arcadia and Luther to the east. Prefer a classic fit? Shop our unisex Edmond tee.

Care Instructions

• Machine wash: cold (max 86°F / 30°C)
• Tumble dry: low heat
• Non-chlorine bleach as needed
• Iron: low heat
• Do NOT dry clean

Bring a piece of Edmond home. Carry a piece of the Mother Road's history. Add this tee to your cart, then explore every Oklahoma town on Route 66.