Seminole, Oklahoma Seminole, Oklahoma Location of Seminole, Oklahoma Location of Seminole, Oklahoma County Seminole Seminole is a town/city in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States.
Seminole experienced a large populace growth in the 1920s due to an petroleum boom. The town/city was platted in 1906 as a relocation setting for the inhabitants of Tidmore, when the barns line was placed north of the town. When Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory consolidated to turn into the U.S.
Seminole competed to be the governmental center of county of Seminole County, but lost out to Wewoka. Upon the discernment of a high-producing petroleum well in the town/city in 1926, Seminole transformed from a town of 854 to a boom town of 25,000 to 30,000 residents. In August 1970 Seminole hosted its first All-Night Gospel Singing.
The Seminole Municipal Building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places There are multiple structures in the Seminole region listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
They include the Home Stake Oil and Gas Company Building, Mekasukey Academy, the Seminole Municipal Building, the Sinclair Loading Rack, Strother Memorial Chapel, and the W.E.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.5 square miles (38 km2), of which, 13.9 square miles (36 km2) of it is territory and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it (3.93%) is water.
There were 2,760 homeholds out of which 30.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $25,120, and the median income for a family was $29,091.
About 16.3% of families and 19.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 28.2% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
Boren, former Oklahoma Governor, State Senator, and current President of the University of Oklahoma.
Enoch Kelly Haney, Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation, Artist, and former Oklahoma State Senator Edmond Harjo, Seminole Code Talker amid World War II and recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal "Seminole, Hub of the Oklahoma Oil Patch".
SEMINOLE (TOWN)," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
State Historic Preservation Office: Oklahoma Historical Society.Oklahoma's National Register Handbook.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Seminole code talker Edmond Harjo dies at 96".
"Last living Seminole Code Talker walks on, loved ones pay respects, honor hero".
Municipalities and communities of Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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