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is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The estimated population of Stillwater was 46,975 at the 2007 city census. It is the county seat of Payne County. Founded December 12, 1884 it was the first settlement in the Unassigned Lands.
The geographical position of Stillwater is located Northeast of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area though many consider it to be a satellite exburb of Oklahoma City, due to commuter patterns and other indicators. The city of Stillwater is marketing a new census for 2010. The census is estimating a population of over 50,000, which would qualify Stillwater as its own Metropolitan Statistical Area. This would attract a significant number of new businesses and restaurants to the City and continue to grow "Oklahoma's fastest growing city."
Stillwater is located at (36.121538, -97.068537), 60 miles North Northeast of downtown Oklahoma City. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 28.3 square miles (73.3 km²), of which, 27.9 square miles (72.1 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²) of it (1.62%) is water.