Marietta (Oklahoma)
| Marietta | |
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 Location in Oklahoma
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Oklahoma |
| County : | Love County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 56 ′ N , 97 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,445 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 394.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 258 m |
| Postal code : | 73448 |
| Area code : | +1 580 |
| FIPS : | 40-46500 |
| GNIS ID : | 1095143 |
| Website : | www.mariettaok.city |
Marietta is a city in Oklahoma and the county seat of Love County . According to the United States Census Bureau, the place had 2,445 inhabitants in 2000 . The city area is 6.2 km 2 .
The city near the Red River , the Texas border , is known as the "Gateway to Lake Country". In the northeast, Lake Murray is around 16 kilometers away, and Lake Texhoma is around 32 kilometers east of the city. State Highway 32 and US Route 77 intersect in Marietta, the most important inter-regional traffic route is Interstate 35 , which passes on the eastern edge of the city.
history
In the 19th century, European settlers established numerous farms and villages in the fertile land along the Red River. In 1887 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (later Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ) built a train station in what is now Marietta, which at that time was still in Indian territory . The actual city history began on June 2, 1898, when the place became an independent municipality . The population from then around 550 rose rapidly to 1546 in 1910 and 1977 inhabitants in 1920. During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the population fell to 1505, only after World War II did the population of Marietta rise again to the current level of 2445.
In the early years, the railway was an important factor in the city's economic development. The later built Interstate 35, however, had a rather negative impact on the economic life of Marietta, since the through traffic now passed the city. A particularly severe blow was the closure of two large companies in 2004, the Marietta Bakery and a Siemens Dematic plant with 400 and 64 employees respectively. The most important employer for the citizens of Marietta is now the WinStar Casino of the Chickasaw tribe in neighboring Thackerville .
Cultural monuments
There are four properties in and around Marietta that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
- Love County Courthouse : Courthouse built in 1910
- Love County Jail and Sheriff's Residence
- Santa Fe Depot : Railway depot
- Bill Washington Ranchhouse
sons and daughters of the town
- Weldon Rogers (1927-2004), country musician and producer
- James D. Thurman , Lieutenant General of the US Army, commanding general of the 5th Corps of the US Army in Heidelberg in 2007