Creek County

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Creek County Courthouse
Creek County Courthouse
administration
US state : Oklahoma
Administrative headquarters : Sapulpa
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
222 E Dewey
Sapulpa, OK 74066-4208
Foundation : July 16, 1907
Made up from: Creek Land
Area code : 001 918
Demographics
Residents : 69,967  (2010)
Population density : 28.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2512 km²
Water surface : 37 km²
map
Map of Creek County within Oklahoma
Website : www.creekcountyonline.com

Creek County is a county in the US state of Oklahoma . At the 2010 census , the county had 69,967 people and a population density of 28.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Sapulpa .

Creek County is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Tulsa .

geography

The county is north-northeast of the geographic center of Oklahoma in the southwest suburb of Tulsa. It has an area of ​​2,512 square kilometers, of which 37 square kilometers are water. The following counties border the Creek County:

Payne County Pawnee County
Lincoln County Compass card (de) .svg Tulsa County
Okfuskee County Okmulgee County

history

Creek County was formed on July 16, 1907 as the original county from Creek Land. The previously chosen name Moman County in honor of Moman Pruiett was rejected at the last moment by the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention"). Instead, it was decided to use the name Creek County, after the North American Indian people the Muskogee (Creek) .

27 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 28, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1910 26,223 -
1920 62,480 138.3%
1930 64,115 2.6%
1940 55.503 -13.4%
1950 43,143 -22.3%
1960 40,495 -6.1%
1970 45,532 12.4%
1980 59,016 29.6%
1990 60,915 3.2%
2000 67,367 10.6%
2010 69,967 3.9%
1900-1990 2000-2010

According to the 2010 census , there were 69,967 people in 26,592 households in Creek County. The population density was 28.3 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 79.7 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 10.0 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 6.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.1 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 26,592 households.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,859  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,937. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Creek County

Citys

Towns

Census-designated place (CDP)

other unincorporated communities

1 - partly in Payne County
2 - partly in Tulsa County
3 - partly in Lincoln County
4 - partly in Pawnee and Tulsa County

literature

  • George H. Shirk: Oklahoma Place Names . Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Creek County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 20, 2012
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 28, 2018.
  4. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Creek County, OK Retrieved January 20, 2012

Web links

Commons : Creek County, Oklahoma  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 35 ° 54 '  N , 96 ° 22'  W