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is a town in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,058 at the 2000 census.
Hennessey is located at (36.108022, -97.898321). It lies on the Chisholm Trail, the historic cattle trail on which is based today's U.S. Route 81.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.7 km²), of which, 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.53%) is water. Hennessey is named after Pat Hennessy an Irish cowboy who was burned on a wagon wheel on the present townsite.
The Pat Hennessey Memorial Park can be found at the streets of Iowa and Arapaho. The location of his body is another story. Pat Hennessey was buried quickly next to the location of his death in a shallow grave. Rocks were placed over his body and teamsters passing by would continue to place markers on his grave. At some point in history Pat’s body was moved. Pat’s relatives could have possibly come from Ireland and took his body. The only known fact is that the body is not in the proposed gravesite at Memorial Park, because the excavations produced no remains.
Legendary Oklahoma High School Football Coach Joe McCulley is the Superintendent of Hennessey Public Schools and is the Offensive Coordinator for the High School Football Team.