Lone Wolf (Oklahoma)
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Location in Oklahoma
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oklahoma | ||
| County : | Kiowa County | ||
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 59 ′ N , 99 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 500 (as of 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 384.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 479 m | ||
| Postal code : | 73655 | ||
| Area code : | +1 580 | ||
| FIPS : | 40-43850 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1094936 | ||
Lone Wolf is a town in Kiowa County in the US state of Oklahoma .
geography
Lone Wolf is located approximately 15 kilometers west of the city of Hobart , where the county seat is located, and approximately 10 kilometers east of the county line with Greer County . The main drag from Lone Wolf is State Highway 9, which connects to State Highway 44 at the east end of the community. In the south-east, near the city, is Hohman Airport, a small private airport. The nearest public airport, Hobart Municipal Airport, is in Hobart.
About ten kilometers southwest of Lone Wolf, the approximately ten kilometer long Lake Altus reservoir extends roughly in a north-south direction. Its dam was built in 1927 with a length of almost 140 m and a height of eight meters. It dams the water of the North Fork of the Red River . On the southwest side of Lake Altus, Quartz Mountain State Park was established as a nature reserve in 1935 .
population
According to the 2000 census , Lone Wolf had a population of 500 in an area of 1.3 km². The population density was 371.6 inhabitants per km². Slightly more than 91% of the population were white and just under four percent were American Indians . The per capita income was $ 13,525 and about 20% of the population lived below the poverty line .
Personalities
- Elmo Williams (born April 30, 1913 - † November 25, 2015 in Brookings, Oregon), film editor, film producer and film director
Web links
- Lone Wolf History. The story of Lone Wolf
- Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture (English)
- City-Data.com: Lone wolf, Oklahoma (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lone Wolf at GeoNames
- ↑ Hohman Airport at Airport Guide ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Quartz Mountain Nature Park's History. Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park
