Tahlequah
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 Tahlequah at sunset. |
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| Location of Tahlequah in Cherokee County and Oklahoma | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1838 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Oklahoma |
| County : | Cherokee County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 55 ′ N , 94 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 14,458 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 464.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 31.1 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 31.1 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 243 m |
| Postcodes : | 74464, 74465 |
| Area code : | +1 918 |
| FIPS : | 40-72100 |
| GNIS ID : | 1098721 |
| Website : | www.cityoftahlequah.com |
| Mayor : | Ken Purdy |
Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County in the US -amerikanischen State Oklahoma . The place has 14,458 inhabitants according to the 2000 census and is the county seat of Cherokee County. The main building of Northeastern State University is in the city. Tahlequah has the honor of being the capital of both the Cherokee nation as a whole and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians .
origin of the name
Legend has it that the name is derived from the Cherokee word Ta'ligwu , which means just two or two are enough . In this case, the related two to a meeting of tribal elders that shortly after the Trail of Tears ( Trail of Tears took place). Three tribal elders planned to meet to determine the location of the Cherokee capital. Two came and waited for the third. When it dawned, they decided that two was enough.
More likely, however, is the derivation of the city name from an old Cherokee city in the east called Great Tellico , the English spelling of the Cherokee word Talikwa , the exact meaning of which has been lost after James Mooney . There are references to the word Tel-i-quah , which can be viewed as a level .
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 14,458 people lived in 5,703 households in the city, including 3,125 families. The population density was then 464.4 inhabitants per km² or 1,202.8 inhabitants per mi² . There were 6,425 residential units available, resulting in a density of 200.6 residential units / km² or 519.5 residential units / mi². The population was 59.01% of European descent, 26.86% of Native American descent, 2.53% of African descent, 0.53% of Asian descent, 0.03% of islands of the Pacific, and 4.1% of other ancestry and 6.93% had parents of various origins. 7.26% belonged to the Spanish-speaking population.
5,703 households were counted, of which 26.8% had children under the age of 18. In 37.6% of households married people lived together, 13.3% had a female householder without a husband, and 45.2% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were inhabited by persons living alone and 11.6% of the households had household members who were older than 65 years. The average household size was 2.28 people and the average family size was 3.0 people.
22.2% of the population are younger than 18 years, 25.2% between 18 and 24 years old, 23.4% between 25 and 44, 16.1% between 45 and 64 and 13% are 65 years or older. The average age was 26 years. For every 100 female residents there were 88.6 male residents. For every 100 female residents over the age of 18 there are 82.5 males over the age of 18.
The median household income for the city was $ 23,238 and the median family income was $ 34,811. Males had a median income of $ 25,066 compared to $ 21,327 for women. The per capita income for the city was $ 13,371. Approximately 18.5% of families and 26.3% of the total population were below the poverty line, including 28.2% under the age of 18 and under and 12.6% under the age of 65 and over.
sons and daughters of the town
- Mack Easley (1916–2006), lawyer and politician
- Wilma Mankiller (1945–2010), writer and feminist
- Marion True (* 1948), classical archaeologist
- Chaske Spencer (* 1975), actor and voice actor
swell
- James Mooney : Myths of the Cherokee. 1900, repr. 1995 (english)
