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Gracemont, Oklahoma

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Caddo

FIPS code
  
40-30600

Elevation
  
378 m

Zip code
  
73042

Local time
  
Friday 4:45 PM

State
  
Oklahoma

Time zone
  
CST (UTC-6)

GNIS feature ID
  
1093286

Area
  
40 ha

Population
  
318 (2013)

Area code
  
405

Gracemont, Oklahoma

Weather
  
27°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 48% Humidity

Gracemont is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 318 at the 2010 census.

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Map of Gracemont, OK 73042, USA

Geography

Gracemont is located east of the center of Caddo County at 35°11′16″N 98°15′31″W (35.187872, -98.258633), in the valley of Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Washita River and part of the Red River watershed.

U.S. Route 281 passes through the town, leading south 8 miles (13 km) to Anadarko, the county seat, and north 12 miles (19 km) to Binger.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Gracemont has a total area of 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 336 people, 143 households, and 90 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,199.3 people per square mile (864.9/km²). There were 169 housing units at an average density of 1,106.2 per square mile (435.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 80.65% White, 12.50% Native American, 4.46% from other races, and 2.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.52% of the population.

There were 143 households out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the town, the population was spread out with 26.8% under the age of 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $21,875, and the median income for a family was $34,167. Males had a median income of $24,792 versus $18,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,026. About 14.9% of families and 19.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33.3% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

  • T. C. Cannon, Native American artist
  • Sunset Carson, B-western star of the 1940s
  • Joe Edelen, former Major League Baseball relief pitcher, 1973 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Doris McLemore, last fluent speaker of the Wichita language
  • Kaycee Nicole Swenson, fictitious persona, well-known case of Münchausen by Internet from 1999 to 2001
  • Harry Teague, former U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district
  • References

    Gracemont, Oklahoma Wikipedia