Belfonte, Oklahoma
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Location in Oklahoma
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oklahoma | ||
| County : | Sequoyah County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 33 ′ N , 94 ° 33 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 426 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 20.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.5 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 20.5 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 247 m | ||
| Postal code : | 74948 | ||
| FIPS : | 40-05070 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1853456 | ||
Belfonte is a census-designated place northwest of Fort Smith in Sequoyah County , Oklahoma , near the state's eastern border. The area had 426 inhabitants in the US Census in 2000 . By 2007 the population had increased to 490.
geography
The district of Belfonte covers 20.5 km². It is close to the border with Arkansas at the Oklahoma State Route 101 . Near Belfonte is the exit to the Sequoyahs log cabin , inventor of the Cherokee script.
Belfonte is located between the towns of Short and Long , about 20 kilometers northwest of Fort Smith . The census area is largely forested and already part of the forest area of the Ozarks in the north. It has a mean height of 244 m above sea level.
50.2% of the population are of Indian origin, 42.3% are white. The annual per capita income is $ 15,786. 9.9% of the population lives below the poverty line.
education
Belfonte has only one primary school, Belfonte Elementary School, which is also attended by students from Muldrow . The Cherokee Nation regularly provides grants for the school because a particularly large number of students who are taught here come from Cherokee families. In the first half of 2009 there were 48 students.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Belfonte, Oklahoma . Sperling's Bestplaces. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
- ↑ Pictures of State Route 101
- ↑ Belfonte at GeoNames . Retrieved April 10, 2009.
- ↑ Sequoia County Times: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Cherokee Nation contributes more than $ 275,000 to county schools .
- ↑ Sequoia County Times: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. County schools to receive thousands (as of March 13, 2009)
Web links
- Belfonte Fact Sheet , website of the US Census Bureau (English)
- City-Data.com: Belfonte, Oklahoma