Housing in Stillwater? (Oklahoma City: apartment, rental, townhouse)

[willow28]

(I'm also posting this in the Oklahoma City forum.)

I have just been offered a job at Oklahoma State U. in Stillwater and I start mid August. I'm looking for a rental property for me, my husband, and our cats. We currently live in a house, and we have some outdoor things that we would like to keep, so a house would be ideal, but we would consider a townhouse, duplex, or even an apartment. But, we don't want to live in an area that's mainly students.

I've been cruising craigslist and some other online sources, but I'm having trouble finding places that allow pets.

Is there a housing locator service in town?

Also, I've never been to Stillwater, so I don't know anything about the town and what areas are mostly students, which ones are more dangerous, etc. Are there particular streets that I should avoid?

I feel a little like I'm stabbing in the dark here, and I'm under quite the time crunch, so any other advice you might have would be AWESOME. Thanks!