Blue is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
in
Bryan County,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States. It is located east of
Durant, the county seat. It is named after the nearby
Blue River. As of the
2010 census it had a population of 195.
Its post office was established on July 1, 1874.
[Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. ]
At the time of its founding, Blue was located in
Blue County, Choctaw Nation. In 1886 that portion of Blue County was joined by portions of
Atoka County
Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,143. Its county seat is Atoka. The county was formed before statehood from Choctaw Lands, and its name honors a Choctaw Chief named ...
and
Kiamitia County Kiamitia County, also known as Kiamichi County, was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. The county formed part of the nation's Pushmataha District, or Third District, one of three administrative super-regions.
Kiamiti ...
to form
Jackson County. Jackson County's western border was the Blue River, just west of the village of Blue.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Bryan County, Oklahoma
Census-designated places in Oklahoma
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