Mannford is a city in
Creek County
Creek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 69,967. Its county seat is Sapulpa.
Creek County is part of the Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. In 2010, the population was 3,076, up from 2,095 at the
2000 census. The city sits next to
Keystone Lake and claims to be the "Striped Bass Capital of the World".
History
The town name is derived from "Mann's Ford", a crossing of the
Cimarron River where Tom and Hazel Mann had received a Creek allotment. The Arkansas Valley and Western Railroad (later the
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad (commonly called "Frisco") built a line through this area in 1902–03, making it an important cattle shipping point. A post office was established April 11, 1903.
[ Linda D. Wilson, "Mannford." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ](_blank)
Accessed March 22, 2012.
When the
Army Corps of Engineers began making plans for flood control that would flood the town of Mannford, citizens formed a plan to relocate several miles southeast of the original site. The move was completed in 1963.
On August 3, 2012, a
wildfire started several miles south of Mannford. Carried by strong south winds and extremely dry vegetation, the fire pushed up into the Mannford area and caused evacuations of the town. The fire burned over , edging into the town and destroying dozens of buildings.
Geography
Mannford is west of Tulsa on
State Highway 51.
It is situated on both sides of a southwest arm of
Keystone Lake, a reservoir on the
Arkansas and
Cimarron rivers. Most of the developed part of the town is on the west side of the lake arm, which fills the valley of Salt Creek.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 22.53%, is water.
Demographics
As of the census
of 2000, there were 2,095 people, 783 households, and 583 families residing in the town. The population density was 389.8 people per square mile (150.6/km). There were 865 housing units at an average density of 160.9 per square mile (62.2/km). The racial makeup of the town was 91.31%
White, 0.10%
African American, 4.39%
Native American, 0.24%
Asian
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, 0.24%
Pacific Islander, 0.29% from
other races, and 3.44% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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of any race were 1.43% of the population.
There were 783 households, out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.45.
In the town the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $34,306, and the median income for a family was $41,750. Males had a median income of $32,991 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,722. About 6.5% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 13.2% of those age 65 or over.
About 99 percent of the employed residents commuted to work in Sand Springs and Tulsa during 2000.
The town currently has nineteen churches.
Economy
In 2012, the city of Mannford contracted with Rickey Hayes of Retail Attractions to provide
economic development consulting, due to retail leakage to surrounding communities. A
marina
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...
, a floating restaurant, improved campgrounds, new housing and expanded industrial and commercial venues are currently all in development.
Tulsa World. Mannford's largest employer is the public school system followed by Webco Industries, and Care Fusion.
Education
The Mannford school district has five schools that include an preschool, Early Childhood Center, two elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school, and serves 1,486 students.["Mannford School District".](_blank)
Education.com (accessed May 8, 2013) Mannford High School offers a variety of extracurricular activities. These activities include speech and debate, band, academic team, FFA and many other extracurricular programs.
Media
Mannford had one newspaper, The ''Mannford Reporter'', which is no longer in regular circulation. The paper was a free paper published every other Wednesday. It is owned by CL Harmon. In the December 7, 2011 the ''Eagle'', the previous newspaper, announced that it was "merging" with the Sand Springs Leader (owned by Community Publishers) and no longer delivering a ''Mannford Eagle'' paper. This is when CL Harmon stepped in and started providing The ''Mannford Reporter''.
Notable person
* Lee Hazlewood, country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, was born here.
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Cities in Creek County, Oklahoma
Cities in Oklahoma
Tulsa metropolitan area
Oklahoma populated places on the Arkansas River