Dry Creek is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States: * Cherokee County, Alabama * Cherokee County, Georgia * Cherokee County, Iowa * Cherokee County, Kansas * Cherokee County, North Carolina * Cherokee County, Oklahoma * Cherokee Co ...

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, United States. The population was 227 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Dry Creek is located in southeastern Cherokee County at (35.751029, -94.882700), southeast of the head of

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on the

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. The CDP is bordered on the north and east by Dry Creek, an inlet to the lake; on the west by

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; and on the southwest by Elk Creek. Highway 82 leads north to

Tahlequah Tahlequah ( ; ''Cherokee'': ᏓᎵᏆ, ''daligwa'' ) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century ...

, the Cherokee County seat, and south to

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at Vian. According to the

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, the Dry Creek CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.07%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 216 people, 97 households, and 67 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 24.8 people per square mile (9.6/km²). There were 153 housing units at an average density of 17.6/sq mi (6.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 64.81%

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, 0.93%

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, 30.56% Native American, and 3.70% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.85% of the population. There were 97 households, out of which 20.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.6% were

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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.54. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 19.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 27.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $27,292, and the median income for a family was $28,523. Males had a median income of $19,643 versus $22,083 for females. The

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for the CDP was $14,186. About 14.7% of families and 22.5% of the population were below the

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, including 48.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 8.9% of those 65 or over.

References

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