Ames is a town in Major County, Oklahoma. It has a total area of 0.3 square miles, all of which is land.

Construction, transportation, mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and sales and services are the major commercial activities here. The town has an annual Ames Day celebration both for fundraising and commerating the founding of the town. The closest hospital is Fairview Regional Medical Center, located about 10 miles away in Fairview. The cost of living here is 21.60% lower than the country average.

This place gets about 29 inches of rain annually. The number of days with measurable precipitation is 58. Snowfall is 8 inches annually.

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