Town and community · added September 14, 2026
Territory-band estimates — Carney study
Evidence note · medium confidenceWhat the evidence supports
George O. Carney, Chronicles of Oklahoma 72(1), 1994, printed p.12, estimates more than 100 territorial bands operating in the Southwest and Midwest in 1920–1940.
Limits and open questions
Regional secondary-source estimate, not an Oklahoma count. Table 4 and sixteen Oklahoma jazz-band candidates already incorporated in Oklahoma_Pre1941_Incorporated.json; not new bands.
Confidence detail: medium. Evidence notes are not a count of distinct ensembles.