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How to get rid of a mattress in Purcell, OK.
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McClain County, Oklahoma · 28 options, 8 free · checked Nov 4, 2026


6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Purcell
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Purcell (our Purcell mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout OklahomaBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in PurcellBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Purcell2 places that take mattresses, nearest 15 miles awayFrom $5
- 4Junk removal options serving Purcell4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Purcell20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Purcell2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: McClain County · Oklahoma rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Purcell
Use our Purcell mattress recycling partner, A Bedder World.
A Bedder World is a curbside and in-home mattress pickup service, recycling mattresses for homes and businesses throughout Oklahoma. They take it from the curb or carry it out of any room, and you book online and see the full price before you confirm.
- Purcell division
- Curbside or any room in the house
- 90% of materials recovered
Metro areas in all 50 states; book online. Small-town and rural coverage not stated.

From $89A pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so this is where it starts, not a price per mattress. Your total is shown at the booking step before you confirm.
Book recycling pickupRun by the founder of this site. Every other option here is listed so you can compare.
Prices, conditions and sources
Curbside or inside pickup; stairs and long carries cost extra. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so it is a starting price rather than a rate per mattress, and a second piece collected on the same visit costs less than the first. The total for your items is shown at the booking step before you confirm. Owned by the operator of this site.
$89 — Pickup starts at $89. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece; the total for your items is shown at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The recycling fee charged on each piece is not published separately; it is included in the total shown at the booking step.
A Bedder World states it serves homes and businesses, listing bulk removal for hotels, apartments and commercial customers alongside residential pickup. Source
A Bedder World states it covers 1,000+ cities across all 50 states, with next-day pickup available. Source
A Bedder World states it removes the mattress from anywhere on the property, so pickup is from the curb or from inside the home. Source
A Bedder World states 90% of mattress materials are recovered and commits to sending none to landfill. Source
A Bedder World states it has recycled more than 1 million mattresses. Source
2City curbside pickup in Purcell
Purcell’s own collection service takes the mattress from outside your home. You normally have to book a date in advance and follow their wrapping rules.
Purcell monthly bulk waste pick-up (GFL) — mattresses named as collected
City of Purcell solid waste customers. Bulk waste pick-up is handled by GFL and happens on the last Monday of each month.
Conditions and source
The guidelines the city publishes list under 'What we pick up:' large and small household appliances including refrigerators, with compressors removed from anything containing Freon or other coolants, and then 'Mattresses, furniture and carpets.' Also taken: small trees and landscape waste from do-it-yourself projects cut and bundled into 3-foot sections, fencing cut into 3-foot sections, small waste from do-it-yourself home repair, and glass and mirrors wrapped in cardboard and secured. Not picked up: large trees, contractor waste of any kind, acids and caustics, antifreeze, automotive repair waste, batteries of any kind, bricks, concrete and rocks, explosives, diapers and pet waste, excrement, fertilizer, fuels including propane tanks, landscape waste cut by a professional contractor, nuclear materials, oils, paints and solvents, pesticides, poisons, pool chemicals, rust remover, and sewage and septic waste. Special conditions apply to special pick-ups following severe weather.
Not confirmed: No limit on the number of items, volume or weight is published for a bulk pick-up, so how many mattresses a household may set out at once is not established.
Not confirmed: No price is published: the city's solid waste rate resolution is a scanned document with no readable text, so the cost of the bulk pick-up is not established and must not be read as free.
Not confirmed: No wrapping, bagging or bed bug requirement, and no set-out time, is stated for a mattress.
From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 4, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
City of Purcell, Oklahoma — GFL Bulk Waste Pick-up guidelines
Fee not published
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Purcell
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Purcell. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Cheapest
Purcell Convenience & Recycling Center
Bring a copy of your most recent City of Purcell utility bill as proof of garbage service, together with a valid photo identification.
Conditions and source
Open Tuesday through Friday from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, closed Sunday and Monday, at 701 S. 6th Avenue, also described as W. Fox Street and S. 6th Avenue. Any vehicle not exceeding a one ton truck rating is $5; a vehicle over one ton but not over two tons is $50; a vehicle over two tons is not permitted to dump. Trailers are charged by axle and length, from $5 for a single-axle trailer under 10 feet to $50 per axle for a double-axle trailer over 20 feet, with all dump trailers at $25 per axle. Accepted: furniture and miscellaneous household items, appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners with compressors removed, items that fit in poly carts or dumpsters and are not otherwise prohibited, and bricks, rocks, dirt, concrete and metal in designated locations only. Refused: household trash and garbage, hazardous items including toxic chemicals, asbestos, acids and batteries, paint, solvents, motor oil and antifreeze, tires and tubes, construction debris, shingles and sheetrock, and anything too large for the designated container or restricted by ODEQ or the EPA.
- $5 — Any vehicle not exceeding a one ton truck rating.
- $50 — A vehicle over one ton but not over two tons; vehicles over two tons are not permitted to dump.
Not confirmed: The accepted list names furniture and miscellaneous household items but never names a mattress, and the refused list does not name one either, so the center's mattress policy is not established.
Not confirmed: No per-item charge is published, so whether a mattress is charged at the vehicle rate or some other rate is not established.
Not confirmed: Whether any free visit is included with the monthly sanitation charge, and how often a resident may use the center, is not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 4, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
$5
Visit siteNearest
Norman Transfer Station mattress drop-off
Open to the public; Norman residents get one mattress or set per day without an item charge, others pay per set.
Conditions and source
Additional mattresses or sets $25 each; non-resident mattress-only load $25 per set.
Not confirmed: Whether mattresses are recycled or landfilled is not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 18, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
$25
Visit siteNo way to move it yourself? See pickup services →
4Junk removal options serving Purcell
Companies that come to your home and carry the mattress out, so you need no vehicle. The prices below are starting prices unless stated — stairs, box springs and extra items add to them.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP (some ZIPs not serviced).
Conditions and source
In-person estimate before work; single items priced by size, minimum charge applies (amount not published). Donates or recycles where possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price.
Not confirmed: Recycling/donation not guaranteed per job.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteCollege HUNKS mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free estimate at start of job; price depends on location and job. Mattress recycled or disposed of; few donation centers take mattresses.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Recycling vs landfill not stated per location.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteJunk King mattress disposal
100+ franchise locations in U.S. and Canada; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free onsite/photo/phone estimate; pricing varies by location. Works with local recyclers and donation partners.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price on primary pages.
Not confirmed: Per-location recycling outcome not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteThe other 1 companies
The Junkluggers mattress removal
Franchise network; find a local Junkluggers; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free up-front estimate; most locations offer same-day pickup. Donates/recycles/repurposes when possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Disposal of non-reusable mattresses not described.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit site5Store haul-away options in Purcell
If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.
- Casper
- Free
- Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source
- Purple
- Free
- Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source
- Raymour & Flanigan
- Free
- New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source
- Rooms To Go
- Free
- New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source
The other 15 retailers
- Saatva
- Free
- New Saatva mattress with white glove delivery; select removal at checkout; continental US. Clean, undamaged mattress/foundation only; no adjustable bases, frames, waterbed or Sleep Number bases. Source
- Sam's Club
- Free
- Select mattresses with White Glove Delivery; free White Glove for Plus members buying online; not PR/AK/HI. Haul-away on request; biohazard items refused. Source
- Tempur-Pedic direct
- Free
- Mattress (not TEMPUR-Cloud), power base or foundation bought directly from Tempur-Pedic; like-for-like. Adult 18+ present; bedding removed; unsanitary/heavily soiled items may be refused. Source
- Amazon
- $79.99
- Purchased with an eligible mattress; available in select cities. One mattress or box spring; no bodily fluids or bed bugs; adult present. Source
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Ask provider
- Avocado In-Home Delivery & Setup order in select areas; must buy the equivalent item. Subject to local health regulations; no bed frames/furniture. Source
- Bob's Discount Furniture
- Ask provider
- New mattress/foundation delivered via BOBtastic White Glove Delivery. Safe and sanitary condition. Source
- Costco
- Ask provider
- Costco mattress delivery in select areas; one-for-one like item. Not damaged, soiled or infested; ready at delivery; additional fees may apply. Source
- Helix Sleep
- $219
- Helix order with In-Home Setup & Removal selected at checkout; contiguous 48 states. Stained/soiled items may be refused. Source
- IKEA
- $30
- Mattress or box spring bought in store with in-home delivery, in select markets / ZIP codes in the continental US; not online orders. Removal may be on a different date from delivery. Source
- Living Spaces
- Ask provider
- Full Service Delivery; request at checkout. Stained/soiled mattresses not eligible. Source
- Macys
- $25
- Macy's mattress with White Glove ($125) or Room of Choice ($75) delivery; one-for-one. No stained, soiled or bed-bug items; no frames/adjustable bases/furniture. Source
- Mattress Firm
- Ask provider
- Mattress ordered for delivery from Mattress Firm; one-for-one. Box spring removed only if new order includes one; no wet, unsanitary or infested bedding; no furniture. Source
- Mattress Warehouse
- $29.99
- With delivery of a new purchase; add before delivery date. Mattresses/box springs only; stained items excluded. Source
- Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- $199
- Nectar or DreamCloud order with paid White Glove Delivery, where offered. Removal at the provider's discretion; may be unavailable in some areas; CA/RI/CT add a state-mandated fee. Source
- Sleep Number
- Ask provider
- With a Sleep Number bed delivery: included with Ultimate delivery ($350) or added for $100 with Premium/Doorstep; one disposal per Smart Bed delivered. Adult 18+ present; no bed bugs/extreme soiling; Doorstep customers must put the old bed outside. Source
6Donation options in Purcell
Most charities will not take a used mattress. These are the ones we checked, including the ones that say no.
- The Salvation Army (satruck.org): accepted-items list includes 'Mattresses' and beds; also says local ordinances and need vary by location and to call 1-800-SA-TRUCK to confirm what a local center accepts. Source
- Doesn’t take mattresses. Habitat for Humanity national ReStore guide: 'Mattresses and box springs are not accepted.' Source
Policies vary by branch. Call before you carry one over — we asked each of the big three directly: Goodwill, the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity.
What McClain County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Purcell and its neighbors.
- McClain County publishes no waste function of any kind. Its official site, which identifies itself as the 'McClain County Official Website' with administrative offices at 121 N 2nd Ave, Purcell, OK 73080, indexes its county offices as County Commissioner, County Clerk, County Court Clerk, County Assessor, County Treasurer, County Election Board, District Attorney, Fire Chiefs Association, Flood Plain Administration, Emergency Management, the Sheriff's Office and the OSU Extension Office. Its other pages are mass notification, careers, permits, resources and links, storm shelter registration, disaster preparedness, county maps, agendas and minutes, a calendar, news, a holiday schedule and contact details. There is no solid waste office, no public works or sanitation department, no environmental services division, and no county landfill, transfer station or citizen convenience site. So for Newcastle at 15,198 people, Blanchard at 10,013 and Purcell at 7,030, the county contributes no mattress option at all: the only public collection in reach is the one each town runs for itself, and the one landfill inside the county is privately operated. Source Not confirmed: The county publishes nothing about where a resident of an unincorporated part of McClain County should take a mattress, so no county drop-off, voucher, free dump day or bulky collection is established, and none may be assumed. Not confirmed: No county ordinance on illegal dumping or on rural trash service appears on the site, so the rules outside city limits are not established. Not confirmed: The Permits page's scope was not established, so whether it covers private waste hauling or disposal is not confirmed. Not confirmed: McClain County is not an ACOG board member, so no regional body publishes a disposal option for it either.
- The office a McClain County resident would call about a county program describes no duties and no program. The county's County Commissioner page says only that 'McClain County is served by three County Commissioners' and tells a visitor to 'Use the maps below to find the contact information of the County Commissioner in your district.' It sets out no responsibilities, and it makes no mention of trash, solid waste, a landfill, dumping or disposal of any kind; the only neighboring links it carries are Permits and Storm Shelter Registration. The county's administrative offices are at 121 N 2nd Ave, Purcell, OK 73080, with the courthouse mailing address P.O. Box 629, Purcell, OK 73080. A county that ran a drop-off site, placed dumpsters or collected bulky items from unincorporated areas would advertise it here, and McClain County advertises nothing — consistent with the state facility inventory, in which the county holds no permit of its own. Source Not confirmed: The page publishes no duties at all, so it establishes that the commissioners advertise no disposal program rather than formally ruling one out. Not confirmed: No district-level cleanup event or dumpster placement is published for any of the three districts, and none is established. Not confirmed: No contact point for waste or dumping questions is given, only district maps.
- McClain County holds exactly one permitted waste facility, and it is privately operated rather than county-run. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's Active Solid Waste Disposal Facilities inventory, last updated December 18, 2024, lists the Newcastle Landfill (Pinecrest), permit 3544014, (405) 387-9745, as the county's only municipal solid waste landfill. McClain County appears nowhere in the inventory's transfer station list, nowhere among construction and demolition landfills, nowhere among solid waste processing facilities and nowhere among composting facilities, and no permit in the county is held in the county's name. The practical shape of this is that the county's one gate sits in Newcastle, at the northern end of the county nearest the Oklahoma City metro, which is a drive of some distance from Purcell at the southern end, and that there is no county facility and no county program behind it. The same phone number appears in the inventory against the 51B Landfill in Wagoner County, so the operator runs sites in more than one part of the state. Source Not confirmed: The DEQ inventory publishes a permit number, a facility name and a phone number only. It establishes neither whether the Newcastle (Pinecrest) Landfill accepts a household mattress, nor at what price, nor on what days, nor whether members of the public may use the gate. Not confirmed: No operator page for this landfill could be found that publishes its hours, rates, residency rules or accepted materials, so none of that is established; the directory listings that name an owner are not the facility's own pages and are not evidence. Not confirmed: Any free or discounted landfill allowance a Newcastle or Purcell resident may hold belongs to that city's own program and is a city-level question, not a county one. Not confirmed: The inventory's date is December 18, 2024, so anything permitted or closed since then would not appear.
- The one landfill in McClain County is at 1741 North Portland Ave, Newcastle, OK 73065. DEQ's list of solid waste disposal facilities authorized to accept non-hazardous industrial waste records the Newcastle (Pinecrest) Landfill, permit 3544014, at that address with the phone number (405) 387-9745. That is the full extent of what a primary source establishes about the site: where it is, which permit it holds and what number answers. The list exists to identify landfills that may accept non-hazardous industrial waste carrying 1,000 mg/kg or more total petroleum hydrocarbons, which is a different question from what a household pays to bring a mattress to the gate, so nothing on it should be read as a public rate. For a reader in Blanchard or Purcell the useful fact is the address and the distance; the terms have to come from the operator or from their own city, and neither publishes them here. Source Not confirmed: No published price, hour, residency rule or accepted-materials list exists for this site from any primary source, so whether a household may drop a mattress there, and for how much, is not established. Not confirmed: The list is addressed to industrial waste generators, so no rate or allowance on it applies to a household load. Not confirmed: Whether a mattress counts as accepted municipal solid waste at this site is not stated and must not be assumed from the permit class. Not confirmed: No hours of operation for the gate are published by any primary source.
- McClain County sits outside the regional council that covers the rest of the Oklahoma City metro, and that council runs no waste program in any case. The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments marks McClain County with a symbol and explains it: 'Grady and McClain Counties are not members of the ACOG Board of Directors'. The only McClain County government on ACOG's membership list is the Town of Goldsby; Newcastle, Blanchard and Purcell do not appear, and neither does the county. Even for its full members, ACOG administers four major service areas — 911 & Public Safety, Community & Economic Development, Transportation Planning Services as the Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Water Resources — with no solid waste, recycling or household disposal program among them, and it describes its own limits as 'ACOG complements and supplements local government activities but is not a governmental unit.' and 'It does not possess the power of enforcement or taxation.' So for Newcastle, Blanchard and Purcell there is no county layer and no regional layer: the city's own program is the whole of the public answer. Source Not confirmed: ACOG publishes no household disposal guidance, drop-off directory or clean-up event, so no regional option is established for any McClain County town — member or not. Not confirmed: Whether another regional body or council of governments covers McClain County was not established. Not confirmed: The page is a membership and mandate statement and does not rule out a past or grant-funded waste project no longer listed.
- Not an option: The Habitat ReStore nearest McClain County refuses used mattresses in writing, and both of its stores are in Oklahoma City, two counties up the interstate from Purcell. Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity's Donate to ReStore page accepts 'Furniture, Sofas, Chairs and Tables' along with 'Residential Doors and Windows', 'Small and Large Appliances', 'Cabinets, Drawers and Vanities', 'Hard Flooring, Carpet and Laminate (new condition)', 'Hardware, Tools and Lighting', 'Plumbing, Sinks and Toilets', 'Roofing, Sheet Goods and Insulation' and 'Lawn Mowers, Gardening Tools, Sprinklers, Grills and Patio Furniture'. Its not-accepted list names 'Used Mattresses or Box Springs' outright, alongside commercial doors and windows, fluorescent tube lighting, unframed mirrors and glass, clothing and shoes, baby cribs and car seats, dishwashers manufactured before 2014, opened paint and chemicals, and tube and projection televisions, computers and computer equipment. The stores are at 1800 N. Broadway Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73103, (405) 232-5592, and 4900 S. High Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73129, (405) 778-6222, open Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed on Sunday. The drive is not worth making with a bed in the truck. Source Not confirmed: The page refuses used mattresses and box springs without saying whether a new, unused, still-wrapped mattress would be accepted. Not confirmed: The page offers no recycling alternative for the item it refuses and names no outlet it would send a donor to instead. Not confirmed: No Habitat ReStore is published inside McClain County, and whether a different Habitat affiliate covers Purcell or Blanchard was not established. Not confirmed: The pickup service's rules for bedding are not published, so whether a booked pickup would decline a mattress at the door is not established.
- The only donation policy that names mattresses as acceptable anywhere near McClain County is The Salvation Army's, and for a county this far south of the metro the distance caveat is the whole story. Its donation FAQ lists, under 'Unbroken furniture, such as', the items 'Beds (full, queen, and king)', 'Mattresses' and 'Sofas', and under household goods it names 'Bedspreads' and 'Bedding'. Nothing on its refusal lists touches bedding: it declines appliances with mechanical difficulties, a missing power cord, rust or dirt, gas appliances of any kind, large console televisions and stereos, televisions older than five years, built-in appliances, automobile parts, paint or chemicals of any kind, and kerosene and gas heaters. The page offers to 'Schedule a free furniture and other donation pickup service'. Its own qualification is 'Because local ordinances, as well as need, vary from location to location.', and donors are told to call 800-SA-TRUCK to confirm what their area accepts. Whether a free pickup truck comes as far as Purcell, Blanchard or Newcastle is exactly what that call decides, and no page says. Source Not confirmed: This is The Salvation Army's national donation policy. Acceptance is explicitly said to vary by location, and no page published for central Oklahoma repeats the mattress line, so local acceptance in McClain County is not established. Not confirmed: No condition standard is published for a mattress — nothing about stains, tears, bed bugs or age — so whether a given bed qualifies as 'unbroken furniture' is not established. Not confirmed: The free pickup's service area is not published, and McClain County sits at the southern edge of the metro, so whether it is covered at all is not established. Not confirmed: No lead time, item limit or guarantee against refusal at the door is published.
Oklahoma mattress disposal rules
- Oklahoma-specific header lists Waste Connections, former Durham/RAD name, 7600 SW 15th Street and residential/MSW access. Later body contains Travis County rates, Cold Canyon California requirements, Anson and other named facilities. Mattress $86.25 appears under Travis County, not securely Oklahoma. Source
- AEL current primary address is 207 N 177th W Ave, Sand Springs OK 74063, phone 918-245-7786; M.e.t. directory lists 212 N. 177th W. Ave. Primary page identifies American Waste Control ownership. Same name and phone support identity candidate, but address discrepancy remains explicit. Source
- No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on Oklahoma DEQ pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
- Oklahoma DEQ recycling page offers a downloadable Statewide List of Commercial Recyclers, a recycler map, a Community Recycling List (curbside/drop-off) and a mail-in programs list; contact Amanda Scofield, 405-702-5118. Source
Questions people ask about Purcell
Is there free mattress disposal in Purcell?
Yes: Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal; Purple In-Home Setup with mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Purcell?
Published starting prices: A Bedder World mattress pickup from $89. Stairs, box springs, and extra items can add fees.
Will the store take my old mattress when I buy a new one?
Several retailers offer haul-away with a new mattress delivery, usually with conditions: Casper, Havertys, Purple, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Saatva.
Are there state rules for mattress disposal in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma-specific header lists Waste Connections, former Durham/RAD name, 7600 SW 15th Street and residential/MSW access. Later body contains Travis County rates, Cold Canyon California requirements, Anson and other named facilities. Mattress $86.25 appears under Travis County, not securely Oklahoma.
What to check before you go
- Say if the mattress is wet, stained, or has any sign of pests — that is the usual reason one is turned away.
- Ask what the total will be. Box springs, stairs, and extra items are often charged separately.
- Check you qualify. Many sites serve only residents of their own city or county.