Thackerville, Oklahoma Thackerville, Oklahoma Location of Thackerville, Oklahoma Location of Thackerville, Oklahoma State Oklahoma Thackerville is a town in Love County, Oklahoma, United States.
Highway 77 and State Highway 153, five miles north of the Texas state line and ten miles south of Marietta in south central Love County. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), all of it land.
The improve is titled after Zacariah Thacker, a pioneer from Arkansas. It is believed that he was headed for the Amarillo, Texas area, but he camped one evening at Wolf Hollow Creek in Indian Territory and remained there until his death a several years later. Thacker befriended some of the small-town Indians and together they farmed a very productive corn crop. Before long, many citizens began settling in the area.
Court records filed in the United States Court, Southern District, in Indian Territory at Ardmore indicate that people of the improve petitioned to incorporate Thackerville under Arkansas law on October 15, 1898. At that time, approximately 175 citizens lived in the community.
On July 5, 1899, Thackerville was officially incorporated into Indian Territory by Judge Hosea Townsend. At that time, the town moved to each side of the highway, which became the new "main" street in the community. Thackerville's populace fluctuated throughout the remainder of the 20th century, reaching a low of 178 in 1950 and peaking at 431 in 1980. As of the census of 2000, there were 404 citizens , 149 homeholds, and 108 families residing in the town.
There were 149 homeholds out of which 34.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $22,750, and the median income for a family was $45,893.
About 7.7% of families and 13.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 22.2% of those age 65 or over.
Thackerville Public Schools, a PK-12 school district, serves the town of Thackerville as well as unincorporated areas in south central Love County.
"Love County, Oklahoma - Towns".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Thackerville Oklahoma Information Municipalities and communities of Love County, Oklahoma, United States
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Towns in Love County, Oklahoma - Towns in Oklahoma - Ardmore, Oklahoma micropolitan area
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