City Hall - Alva Oklahoma

City Hall - Alva Oklahoma Founded in 1893, Population 5,028 (2020 Census) Alva lost 200 people between 1990 and 2000 according to official census figures.

Alva was established in 1893 as a land office for the Cherokee Outlet land run, the largest of the land rushes that settled western and central Oklahoma. The site was chosen for its location on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and likely named for a railroad attorney, Alva Adams, who had become governor of Colorado. Alva is home to Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU), founded in

1897 as a normal school.[3] The college's main building for a time was the "Castle on the Hill," a huge, fanciful brick building, modeled after a Norman castle, that towered over much of the town. The Castle burned down in 1935, to be replaced by the more staid Jesse Dunn Hall, which was dedicated in 1937 by Eleanor Roosevelt. Today, the city council is actively soliciting murals -- one of the most recent is of the storied Castle—and trying to attract businesses and tourists to keep people in town, important as the population of Woods County has been dropping since the 1930s. It has a Wal-Mart Supercenter that is one of the smallest supercenters ever built. The area is generally religious, with 16 different churches, all Christian, in town. The Alva Review-Courier is published Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday.

The countdown to Season 2 of the Cory Washburn Family Memorial Swimming Pool is just over 2 hours away! Can’t wait to se...
05/25/2026

The countdown to Season 2 of the Cory Washburn Family Memorial Swimming Pool is just over 2 hours away! Can’t wait to see everyone at 1p!

05/19/2026

Water Service Planned Interruption:
On Thursday May 21, 2026, City of Alva contract crews will be performing line tie ins at the well field. This will likely affect customers near the ground storage tank (Canadian Road and CR 430 south of Greensburg) and south to the well fields (north of Beckham Rd).

Work will begin at 8:00 am and water service should be restored by mid-afternoon. We apologize for this inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and understanding while this important work is completed.

At the May 18, 2026 City of Alva City Council meeting, Mayor Joey Melton proclaimed May 17-23, 2026 as Emergency Medical...
05/19/2026

At the May 18, 2026 City of Alva City Council meeting, Mayor Joey Melton proclaimed May 17-23, 2026 as Emergency Medical Services Week in the City of Alva.

Britni Beck, Tabitha Robinson, Bridgett Gragg, and Alicia Taylor from Alva EMS were at the City Council meeting to hear the proclamation read by Mayor Melton.

EMS EMTs and Paramedics play a vital role in the health and safety of our people and the City of Alva is proud to recognize their dedicated service to our community.

Last night at the City of Alva City Council Meeting, the Oklahoma Municipal League recognized Andy Chrisman for his 25 y...
05/19/2026

Last night at the City of Alva City Council Meeting, the Oklahoma Municipal League recognized Andy Chrisman for his 25 years of municipal service. Chrisman has worked for the City of Alva since March 2000, so he’s actually at 26 years!

OML Board representative, Mayor Kim Peterson of Guymon, presented Chrisman with his 25 Year Certificate and Pin.

Chrisman is a dedicated member of the Street Department and we very much appreciate his hard work and service to the people of Alva!

05/19/2026

Pool season is almost here, we hope to see everyone for opening day. A big thank you to Mike & Shannon Vanlandingham for giving everyone the opportunity to come to the pool for free.

05/18/2026

Water Service Planned Interruption:
On Tuesday May 19, 2026, City of Alva crews will be performing line maintenance and tie ins. This will likely affect customers in Hopeton and south to the well fields. Work will begin at 8:00 am and water service should be restored by mid-afternoon. We apologize for this inconvenience. Thank you for your patience and understanding while this important work is completed.

Due to ongoing illegal dumping occurring at the City of Alva Transfer Station and Grass/Limb Disposal, the City of Alva ...
05/18/2026

Due to ongoing illegal dumping occurring at the City of Alva Transfer Station and Grass/Limb Disposal, the City of Alva will be restricting access outside of regular operating hours (Tu-Sa 10:00 am to 7:00 pm). The City of Alva is evaluating enhanced security measures in order to resume additional access for the public. We apologize for this inconvenience.

05/11/2026

‼️Service Interruption Notice‼️

On Wednesday May 13, 2026, contractors will be conducting line tie ins at the well-field beginning at 8 am. During this time residents south of the chlorination station can expect low to no water pressure. This should not affect residents within city limit’s. Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience during this time. We will post updates once tie ins are completed.

05/11/2026

Citizens who have trash pick up today, Monday May 11, 2026 and have had their trash missed it will be picked up tomorrow. There was an issue with one of the trucks this afternoon. Please leave your poly carts out for tomorrow’s pickup. Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience.

05/04/2026

UPDATE: Water service is restored. Easy fix, thank goodness. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Water Service Failure
City of Alva Crews are responding to an unknown interruption in water service. This is impacting water customers on the east side of Alva, including, but possibly not limited to the Troubadour and the Burton Place neighborhood. At this time, we do not know the cause of this water service interruption.

If you do not have water, please call or text 580.748.2685 to report your address. We will try to monitor comments on this original post if you do not have water. Please only comment if you are experiencing an outage.

We apologize for this inconvenience. We will provide more updates as they are available.

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