- Osage, Oklahoma
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Osage, Oklahoma — Town — Location of Osage, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 36°17′38″N 96°25′4″W / 36.29389°N 96.41778°WCoordinates: 36°17′38″N 96°25′4″W / 36.29389°N 96.41778°W Country United States State Oklahoma County Osage Area – Total 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) – Land 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) – Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Elevation 814 ft (248 m) Population (2010) – Total 156 – Density 585.5/sq mi (226.0/km2) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) ZIP code 74054 Area code(s) 539/918 FIPS code 40-56150[1] GNIS feature ID 1096307[2] Osage is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 156 at the 2010 census, down 17 percent from 188 at the 2000 census.[3]
Geography
Osage is located at 36°17′38″N 96°25′04″W / 36.293820°N 96.417777°W.[4]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 188 people, 80 households, and 54 families residing in the town. The population density was 585.5 people per square mile (226.8/km2). There were 108 housing units at an average density of 336.3 per square mile (130.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 78.19% White, 0.53% African American, 11.70% Native American, and 9.57% from two or more races.
There were 80 households out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the town the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 108.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $25,125, and the median income for a family was $24,375. Males had a median income of $26,500 versus $30,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,875. About 23.5% of families and 21.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those sixty five or over.
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ MuniNet Guide: Osage, Oklahoma.{http://www.muninetguide.com/states/oklahoma/Osage/jobs/OK/osage/zips/}
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
Osage is the main town of the movie "Cimarron" (1931) based upon the novel by Edna Ferber, a story about a newspaper editor who settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021746/. Starring Richard Dix, Irene Dunne and Estelle Taylor. It won 3 Oscars.
Municipalities and communities of Osage County, Oklahoma Cities Barnsdall | Bartlesville‡ | Hominy | Pawhuska | Ponca City‡ | Sand Springs‡ | Shidler | Tulsa‡
Towns CDP Unincorporated
communitiesApperson | Bowring | Carter Nine | Gray Horse | Little Chief | Lynn Addition | McCord | Nelagony | Okesa | Pearsonia | Pershing | Tallant | Whippoorwill | Wild Horse | Wolco
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Populated places in Osage County, Oklahoma
- Towns in Oklahoma
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