Mannford was named after T. E. Mann, the owner of the land where the Cimarron River could be safely crossed. The crossing was known as Mann’s Ford. Mannford had a school, grocery store and drug store, but when the train station was built in 1903, the town began to grow at a faster rate. When the Corp of Engineers began making plans for flood control that would flood the town of Mannford, citizens united to form a plan to relocate several miles southeast of the original site which was completed in 1963. Mannford is thriving in its new location on the banks of Keystone Lake just minutes from downtown Tulsa.