Antlers (Oklahoma)
| Antlers | |||
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| Nickname : Deer Capital of the World | |||
.jpg) First Bank of Antlers |
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| Location in Oklahoma | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oklahoma | ||
| County : | Pushmataha County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 14 ′ N , 95 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,453 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 345.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.1 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.1 km 2 (about 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 156 m | ||
| Postal code : | 74523 | ||
| Area code : | +1 580 | ||
| FIPS : | 40-02250 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1089664 | ||
Antlers is a city and county seat of Pushmataha County in the US state of Oklahoma . Almost 2500 people live in an area of over seven square kilometers.
Antlers is part of the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region , which includes parts of the four states of Arkansas , Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas .
geography
Antlers is located in the southeastern state of Oklahoma in the southern United States, about 35 kilometers from the southern Texas border and 110 kilometers from the eastern Arkansas border. McGee Creek State Park is 25 kilometers northwest of the city, and Hugo Lake is approximately 54 square kilometers to the southeast . In the wider area are Pine Creek Lake , Pat Mayse Lake and 360 square kilometer Lake Texoma .
Nearby cities include Rattan (17 km east), Hugo (23 km south), Boswell (31 m southwest) and Sawyer (32 km southeast). The next larger city with about 230,000 inhabitants is Fort Smith in Arkansas, about 150 kilometers to the northeast, and Oklahoma City (towards the northwest) and Dallas (towards the southwest) are a similar distance from Antlers .
history
There is evidence of prehistoric settlement in today's urban area. Arrowheads have been found in various places in the city . Most of them were found on elevations and hills, which suggests that the native inhabitants preferred higher-lying settlements for therapeutic reasons.
In the recent past the Indians of the Caddo tribe have lived in this area. They were the first to establish permanent settlements and were active as hunters and fishermen throughout the region. In 1832 the area of today's Antlers was awarded to the Choctaw Indians by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek .
In 1880 the St. Louis - San Francisco Railway was built from Fort Smith in Arkansas to Paris in Texas. Stopping points were built at intervals of a few miles in order to develop the land and to connect existing settlements to the surrounding area. Area overseers lived in so-called section houses to monitor the progress of construction, the operation of the railway and the right of way . Antlers was chosen as a station because of its proximity to a fresh water source, as steam locomotives had to be regularly refilled at the time.
The city got its name because of numerous deer antlers (English antler ) that were attached to trees. This was done on the one hand by hunters who bragged about it to other hunters, but on the other hand also to mark the way.
A post office was opened in 1887, at that time there were few roads, the railroad served the local train stations six times a day. In the 1890s, when the government divided logging districts into the Five Civilized Tribes , Antlers Record Town became District # 24, giving it its own judicial system. To meet the needs of a record town, a United States court was subsequently built.
In preparation for Oklahoma sovereignty, Antlers was audited in 1901 and recorded as a 0.737 square kilometer city. With the beginning of sovereignty on November 16, 1907, the Indian tribes lost their independence and Antlers was no longer the location of US jurisdiction. The city then only served as a resort (English resort town ), because of their proximity to the Kiamichi Mountains many tourists came to fishing, hunting and recreation in the city. For several decades there was a constant number of inhabitants and employees in the city before it was hit by a devastating tornado in 1945, which destroyed numerous shops and houses in a wide swath. Almost 70 residents died and around 300 were injured. The tornado was classified as "F5" on the Fujita scale according to later investigations .
In 1975 the cityscape changed noticeably, as shopping streets such as the East Town Village were built outside the city center , which were located closer to the residents' places of residence. As a result, more and more shops left the center, which means that fewer people have done their shopping there since then. After a series of arson attacks and fires in the 1970s, Antlers lost more shops in the downtown area , the image of which also changed. There remained buildings built almost entirely of brick.
traffic
In the southwest of the city runs the Indian Nation Turnpike , an approximately 170 kilometers long toll highway from Henryetta to near Hugo . In addition, US Highway 271 runs from the northeast to the south of the city , which begins in the north near Fort Smith and leads to Tyler , Texas.
Demographics
The 2010 census showed a population of 2,453 people, spread over 1,068 households. The population density was 345 people per square kilometer. 78.1% of the population were white, 14.9% Native American, 1.8% black, 1.8% Hispanic or Latin American, and under 0.1% Asian. 0.3% came from a different ethnicity, 4.7% had two or more ethnicities. For every 100 women there were 78 men. The median age was 38 years and the per capita income was nearly $ 11,300, which means nearly a third of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities
- Nicole DeHuff (1975-2005) was an actress and was born in Antlers.
Web links
- Statistical data City (English)