Newcastle, Oklahoma Newcastle, Oklahoma Location of Newcastle, Oklahoma Location of Newcastle, Oklahoma Newcastle is a town/city in Mc - Clain County, Oklahoma, United States, and part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.
The town/city was incorporated as South Newcastle in 1962, then a petition to change the name to Newcastle in 1965. The town/city limits of Newcastle encompassed just a several square miles until around 1960, when Oklahoma City began annexing huge chunks of territory athwart the river.
Newcastle expanded, as did Tuttle and Blanchard, to prevent the town/city from trying to move athwart the river.
The populace interval very little until the mid-1970s, when Oklahoma City began expanding past SW 74th Street, populating near the I-44 corridor.
On May 3, 1999, an F5 tornado hit parts of Newcastle and resulted in the destruction of a several homes in the town/city limits.
In 2011, a tornado ripped through parts of Newcastle.
On May 20, 2013, another violent tornado damaged a small part of Newcastle, and did a large amount of damage to neighboring Moore and southern Oklahoma City. Newcastle is positioned at 35 14 50.82 N 97 36 .22 W (35.145082, -97.360022). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 62.5 square miles (162 km2), of which, 55.8 square miles (145 km2) of it is territory and 6.7 square miles (17 km2) of it (6.01%) is water.
Newcastle is considered to be part of a quickly growing region of northern Mc - Clain and Grady Counties.
Newcastle also is a part of an region known as the "Tri-City Area" with Tuttle and Blanchard.
Newcastle also serves as the biggest incorporated improve in Mc - Clain County.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 20.6% under the age of 18, 7.56% from 18 to 24, 29.58% from 25 to 44, 28.24% from 45 to 64, and 8.39% who were 65 years of age or older.
Females represented 49.84% of the populace with a median age of 43 and males represented 50.16% of the populace with a median age of 39 years.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $74,167, and the median income for a family was $77,064.
The Newcastle School District consists of four school buildings, including the Newcastle Early Childhood Center (ECC)(Grades Pre - K-1st), Newcastle Elementary School(Grades 2nd-5th), Newcastle Middle School (Grades 6th-8th), and Newcastle High School (Grades 9-12).
The Newcastle Branch, a part of the Pioneer Library System serves south central Oklahoma City urbane region cities and towns. a b City of Newcastle City of Newcastle Municipalities of the Greater Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Municipalities and communities of Mc - Clain County, Oklahoma, United States
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