Broken Bow, Oklahoma

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Broken Bow
Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Broken Bow
Broken Bow
Location in Oklahoma
Basic data
State : United States
State : Oklahoma
County : McCurtain County
Coordinates : 34 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 34 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,120 (as of 2010)
Population density : 316.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.1 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of
which 13 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 156 m
Postal code : 74523
Area code : +1 580
FIPS : 40-09100
GNIS ID : 1090514
Website : www.cityofbrokenbow.com
Mayor : Jerry Don Smith

Broken Bow is a city in McCurtain County in the US state of Oklahoma . Almost 4,100 people live in an area of ​​over 13 square kilometers.

Broken Bow is part of the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region , which includes parts of the four states of Arkansas , Louisiana , Oklahoma, and Texas .

geography

Broken Bow is located in the southeastern state of Oklahoma in the southern United States, about 25 kilometers from the eastern border with Arkansas and 30 kilometers from the southern border with Texas. There are nature reserves in the north and south of the city.

Nearby cities include Idabel (8 km south), Eagletown (13 km east), Garvin (17 km southwest), Wright City (22 km west) and De Queen (35 km east). The next larger city with around 1.2 million inhabitants is Dallas, more than 250 kilometers southwest .

Average Monthly Temperatures and Rainfall for Broken Bow (1981-2010)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 11.7 14.3 18.9 23.6 27.3 31.3 33.4 34.3 30.3 24.6 18.0 12.4 O 23.4
Min. Temperature (° C) -2.3 0.6 4.9 9.4 14.9 19.2 21.1 20.4 16.6 9.7 5.3 -1.0 O 9.9
Temperature (° C) 4.7 7.4 11.8 16.5 21.2 25.2 27.3 27.3 23.4 17.2 11.7 5.7 O 16.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 84.3 100.6 121.2 109.7 166.1 124.0 93.0 75.2 103.9 138.7 123.2 121.9 Σ 1,361.8
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18.9
4.9
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9.4
27.3
14.9
31.3
19.2
33.4
21.1
34.3
20.4
30.3
16.6
24.6
9.7
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100.6
121.2
109.7
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93.0
75.2
103.9
138.7
123.2
121.9
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

history

The present urban area was once part of the large settlement areas of the Choctaw Indians. Towards the end of the 19th century a sawmill was built around which the town was built. Ten years after she was admitted to the state in 1911, Broken Bow had residents by 1983.

traffic

US Highway 70 runs from the south to the east of the city and runs for over 3800 kilometers from Arizona in the west to North Carolina in the east. US Highway 259 also runs through the city in a north -south direction, leading to Heavener in the north and Nacogdoches in the south . Interstate 30 runs about 70 kilometers south of the city .

Demographics

The 2010 census showed a population of 4120 people, divided between 1599 households and 1036 families. The population density was 317 people per square kilometer. 61.8% of the population were white, 18.5% American Indian, 8.3% black and 0.6% Asian. 3.9% were of a different ethnicity, 6.8% had two or more races, and 5.32% were Hispanics or Latin American of any ethnicity. The median age was 35 and the per capita income was nearly $ 14,500, which means nearly 47% of the population lived below the poverty line.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harry Brecheen , baseball-reference.com
  2. ↑ Harry David Brecheen , findagrave.com