Haworth, Oklahoma

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Haworth
Haworth, Oklahoma
Haworth
Haworth
Location in Oklahoma
Basic data
State : United States
State : Oklahoma
County : McCurtain County
Coordinates : 33 ° 51 ′  N , 94 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 51 ′  N , 94 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 297 (as of 2010)
Population density : 70.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.2 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) of
which 4.2 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 122 m
Postal code : 74740
Area code : +1 580
FIPS : 40-33150
GNIS ID : 1101447

Haworth is a city in McCurtain County in the US state of Oklahoma . Almost 300 people live in an area of ​​over four square kilometers (1.6 sqmi).

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

geography

Haworth is located in the southeast of the state of Oklahoma in the southern United States, about ten miles from the eastern border with Arkansas and 15 kilometers from the southern border with Texas. The city is completely surrounded by a large, contiguous nature reserve and forest area. One of the longest rivers in the world runs along the Texas border, the Red River , which rises in northern Texas and flows into the Atchafalaya River , a tributary of the Mississippi River , after 1,966 kilometers .

Nearby towns include Idabel (12 km northwest), Broken Bow (18 km north), Eagletown (23 km north), Foreman (25 km southeast), Winthrop (28 km east), and Horatio (29 km northeast). The next larger city with around 200,000 inhabitants is Shreveport, which is more than 160 kilometers southeast .

traffic

Which runs from the northwest to the southeast of the city of Oklahoma State Highway 3 , which in the West in the US Highway 259 passes and a connection to US Highway 70 making and in the east as Arkansas State Route 32 will continue. Interstate 30 runs about 45 kilometers south of the city .

Demographics

The 2000 census showed a population of 354 people, the population density was almost 84 people per square kilometer. 81.4% of the population were white, 9.3% Indians and 2.0% black. 2.0% were of a different ethnicity, 5.4% had two or more races, and 5.7% were Hispanic or Latin American of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were about 102 men. The median age was 32 and the per capita income was over $ 9,500, bringing nearly 43% of the population below the poverty line.

By the 2010 census , the population had dropped to 297.

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