Calumet, Oklahoma

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Calumet is a town in Canadian County, Oklahoma, United States.<ref name=atlas/> It is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The population was 507 at the 2010 census, a 5.23 percent decrease since 2000.<ref name="censusviewer-calumet">Census Viewer: Calumet, Oklahoma Template:Webarchive (accessed November 4, 2013)</ref>

Calumet is a variant term for Ceremonial pipe.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Incorporated in 1942, the town's land was settled in the Land Run of 1892.

History

Calumet incorporated in 1942 in order to construct a town water system.<ref name="eohc-savage">Savage, Cynthia. "Calumet," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed April 18, 2015.</ref> Prior to its incorporation, the town existed as an unincorporated community with a post office, three combination mills and elevators, two general stores, a furniture store, and a hardware store.<ref name="eohc-savage"/>

The town lies in an area that in 1803 was part of the Louisiana Purchase.<ref name="eohc-hedglen">Hedglen, Thomas L. "Canadian County," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed April 18, 2015.</ref> After the Organic Act of 1890 recreated the area as Oklahoma Territory, present-day Canadian County was designated as County Four and settled by non-Indian settlers through the Land Run of 1889, the Land Run of 1892, and a 1901 land lottery.<ref name="eohc-hedglen"/> The Land Run of 1892 opened up the surplus Cheyenne-Arapaho lands to non-Indian settlement, which opened up Calumet.

Geography

Calumet is located on US Route 270 in northwestern Canadian County, 11 miles northwest of El Reno and 11 miles east of Geary and 1.5 miles south of the North Canadian River.<ref name=atlas>Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 41 Template:Isbn</ref> It is on the border of the Red Bed Plains and Gypsum Hills ecoregions of Oklahoma.<ref>Oklahoma Geography Template:Webarchive, Glencoe.com. (accessed October 16, 2013)</ref>

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total land area of Template:Convert, all land.

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the 2010 United States census, there were 507 people, 187 households, and 130 families residing in the town.<ref name="factfind-calumet">2010 Demographic Profile Data, U.S. Census website (accessed November 4, 2013)</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 214 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 78.9% white, 13.6% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 2.4% from other races, and 4.7% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos were 4% of the population.

There were 187 households, out of which 40.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families.<ref name="factfind-calumet"/> Less than a third of households (28.9%) were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="factfind-calumet"/> The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.28.<ref name="factfind-calumet"/>

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.6% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 24% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older.<ref name="factfind-calumet"/> The median age was 36.2 years.<ref name="factfind-calumet"/> For every 100 females, there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were X males.

The median income for a household in the town was $50,625, (compared to a national median income of $52,762) and the median income for a family was $56,607.<ref name="am-com-survey">2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, U.S. Census website . (accessed November 4, 2013)</ref> Males had a median income of $46,786 versus $26,875 for females.<ref name="am-com-survey"/> The per capita income for the town was $27,113. An estimated 8% of families and 9.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.6% of those under age 18.<ref name="am-com-survey"/>

Education

Calumet contains three schools housed in two separate buildings: an elementary school, a junior high, and a high school.<ref name="gs-calumet">GreatSchools.org Search: Calumet, OK (accessed October 16, 2013)</ref> A fourth school, Maple Public School, is separate from the Calumet school district.<ref name="gs-calumet"/>

External links

• Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Calumet