Millerton, Oklahoma

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Millerton is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States.<ref name=gnis /> The population was 215 at the 2020 census,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 320 in 2010. The oldest church building in Oklahoma, Wheelock Church, is located near Millerton.

Geography

Millerton is in western McCurtain County along U.S. Route 70, which leads southeast Template:Convert to Idabel, the county seat, and west Template:Convert to Hugo. Oklahoma State Highway 98 passes just west of Millerton, leading north Template:Convert to Wright City and south Template:Convert to the Texas border on the Red River at Albion.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Millerton has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.55%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> The town sits on high ground which drains south toward Buzzard Creek, a direct tributary of the Red River, and north to Wheelock Creek, a tributary of the Little River, which joins the Red River in Arkansas.

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 359 people, 145 households, and 100 families residing in the town. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 188 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the town was 73.82% White, 4.18% African American, 14.76% Native American, 0.28% from other races, and 6.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.11% of the population.

There were 145 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $19,375, and the median income for a family was $31,875. Males had a median income of $30,577 versus $15,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $11,168. About 21.6% of families and 26.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 29.4% of those age 65 or over.

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