Foyil is a town in

Rogers County Rogers County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 95,240, making it the sixth-most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Claremore. Rogers County is ...

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, United States. It was named for Alfred Foyil, a local landowner and the first postmaster of the town.Larry O'Dell, "Foyil," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.
Accessed April 26, 2015. The population was 344 at the 2010 census, a 47.0 percent increase over the figure of 234 recorded in

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Geography

Foyil is northeast of Claremore and southwest of Chelsea. It lies on

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, formerly

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, just south of its junction with

Oklahoma State Highway 28 State Highway 28 (abbreviated SH-28) is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs in an irregular west-to-east pattern through Nowata, Rogers, Mayes and Delaware counties. There is one letter-suffixed spur highway branching from SH-28, SH-28A. ...

. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 234 people, 97 households, and 68 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 112 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 79.06%

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, 9.40% Native American, 1.71% from other races, and 9.83% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.56% of the population. There were 97 households, out of which 23.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were

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living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.83. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 33.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.7 males. The median income for a household in the town was $23,125, and the median income for a family was $28,500. Males had a median income of $27,083 versus $24,107 for females. The

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for the town was $11,260. About 31.9% of families and 33.7% of the population were below the

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, including 37.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 15.6% of those 65 or over.

References

External links

''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Foyil
{{authority control Towns in Rogers County, Oklahoma Towns in Oklahoma Populated places within the Cherokee Nation reservation