Slick is a town 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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,
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 ...
, United States. The population was 131 at the 2010 census, an 11.5 percent decline from the figure of 148 recorded in
2000
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.
History
Slick began as an oil boom town in 1920, and was named for oilman
Thomas B. Slick, who drilled a discovery well nearby. A railroad, the
Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway
The Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway (“OSR”) ran between Bristow, Oklahoma and Nuyaka, Oklahoma. It operated from 1920 to 1930 before being abandoned.
History
Incorporated January 12, 1920 by legendary Oklahoma oilman T.B. Slick, the OSR was in ...
, was completed into town the same year.
By 1922, the town had an estimated population of 2500-3500.
[
However, the railroad was abandoned by 1930,] and when the town appeared for the first time in the U.S. census that same year, the population was only 422, a figure which declined until 1950 and has since fluctuated. All of its employed citizens commute to work in Bristow Bristow, or Bristowe, can refer to the following.
People
* Bristow (surname)
* W.S. Bristowe (1901–1979), English naturalist
Places
;In the United States
* Bristow, Indiana
* Bristow, Iowa
* Bristow, Mississippi
* Bristow, Missouri
* Bristow ...
, Sapulpa
Sapulpa is a city in Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 20,544 at the 2010 United States census, compared to 19,166 at the 2000 census. The population as of 2022 is 22,205. As of 2019, the estimated popul ...
, and Tulsa
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.
Geography
Slick is located at .
Slick is on the Deep Fork River
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Course ...
, and situated southwest of Bristow Bristow, or Bristowe, can refer to the following.
People
* Bristow (surname)
* W.S. Bristowe (1901–1979), English naturalist
Places
;In the United States
* Bristow, Indiana
* Bristow, Iowa
* Bristow, Mississippi
* Bristow, Missouri
* Bristow ...
on SH-16.
Slick has a public park, located on the west side of SH-16, where Easter Egg Hunts and other events are held.
According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
As of the census
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of 2000, there were 148 people, 52 households, and 35 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 63 housing units at an average density of 142.7 per square mile (55.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 79.73% White
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, 10.81% African American
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, 8.11% Native American, 0.68% from other races
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, and 0.68% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race were 0.68% of the population.
There were 52 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were married couples
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living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.58.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.7% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $19,000 for females. The per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $13,554. There were 4.2% of families and 7.3% of the population living below the poverty line
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, including no under eighteens and 11.8% of those over 64.
References
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Towns in Creek County, Oklahoma
Towns in Oklahoma