Colcord, Oklahoma
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Foundation : | 1905 |
State : | United States |
State : | Oklahoma |
County : | Delaware County |
Coordinates : | 36 ° 16 ′ N , 94 ° 42 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Residents : | 819 (status: 2000) |
Population density : | 126 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 6.5 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.5 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
Height : | 357 m |
Postal code : | 74338 |
Area code : | +1 918 |
FIPS : | 40-16100 |
GNIS ID : | 1091553 |
Colcord is an agricultural town in southern Delaware County , Oklahoma in the United States .
geography
The city is located on Oklahoma State Route 116 , about ten kilometers north of US Highway 59 between Springdale and Tulsa . The area around the city is rural and predominantly taken up by fields. In the north of the city is the forest area around the reservoir Lake Eucha , into which the Cloud Creek flows, on which Colcord lies. The urban area is 6.5 km 2 . The closest places are Kansas in the southwest, about five miles away, and Siloam Springs , about nine miles to the southeast and already in Arkansas . Tulsa is about 80 kilometers west of Concord.
population
Colcord counted 819 inhabitants in the 2000 census , of which a little more than 65% white and 25% American Indians . The per capita income was $ 10,440 and 30% of the population lived below the poverty line .
history
Colcord began as a small community in the 1920s along the road between Gentry , Arkansas and Kansas , Oklahoma , on Oklahoma Highway 116. The settlement was centered at the intersection of a small road that led to Town Row, Oklahoma. Due to better transport routes and a devastating fire that destroyed many businesses and livelihoods in Row, many moved from Row to Colcord. The Row post office was eventually relocated to Colcord, and the new town was approved to build a high school. A feud between the two cities ensued. In the first eleven years of Colcord's existence alone, the school was the subject of eleven lawsuits.
At first the growing community called itself "Little Tulsa". However, Charles Burbage , who provided the original 65 acres for blocks of flats, building lots and roads, decided to name the town after Charles Francis Colcord . Charles Francis Colcord was a successful and prominent rancher, industrialist, and lawyer from Oklahoma City who owned a large ranch to the west of the city. The ranch employed many local Colcord residents and was very important to the economy and cohesion of the growing community.
The community hosts Old Settlers Day on the second Saturday in June each year to honor its heritage and the many people who settled in the area and started the city.
Web links
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture (English)
- Rhett Morgan: Artifacts found at Colcord bridge site. Report of stone tools from Colcord, possibly 8,000 years old. Tulsa World, December 28, 2008