McKey
| McKey | |||
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 Map by McKey 1887 |
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| Location in Oklahoma | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oklahoma | ||
| County : | Sequoyah County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 29 ′ N , 94 ° 51 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 135 (status: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 8.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 15.4 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.1 km 2 (about 6 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 160 m | ||
| FIPS : | 40-45050 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1100617 | ||
McKey is a census-designated place (CDP ) in Sequoyah County in the US state of Oklahoma .
According to the 2000 census , it had a population of 135 in an area of 15.4 km². The population density is 8.9 inhabitants per km².
McKey is north of the Illinois River between Salisaw in the east and Vian in the west on an old railway line, the Old Osage and Arkansas Valley Railroad . The railroad runs north and roughly parallel to Interstate 40 , which runs roughly three miles south of the CDP between railroad and Illinois in roughly an east-west direction.
The CDP groups the former MacKey's Salt Works , a salt works in Permian rock salts . The salt came to the surface in the form of saline springs and was extracted there by boiling.
A post office for McKey existed between March 13, 1891 and July 14, 1928.
Web links
- Salt and Salt Works. Oklahoma History
- Grant Foreman: Salt works in early Oklahoma. Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 10, No. 4, December 1932. P. 486