Lawrence Creek is a town in

Creek County Creek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,754. Its county seat is Sapulpa. Creek County is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area. History European explorers traveled through t ...

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, United States. Incorporated March 15, 1983, it is primarily a

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whose employed residents work in

Sapulpa Sapulpa is a city in and the county seat of Creek County, extending partly into Tulsa County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 21,929 at the time of the 2020 census, compared with 20,544 at the 2010 census. History Early hi ...

and

Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...

.Wilson, Linda D. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Lawrence Creek.

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Geography

Lawrence Creek is located in northern Creek County. It is northwest of

. Mannford, the closest neighboring town, is to the northeast, on

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. According to the

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

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 119 people, 40 households, and 33 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 41 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 89.92%

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and 10.08% Native American.

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or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population. There were 40 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were

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living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.5% were non-families. 15.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.36. In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.6% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $24,583, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $24,286 versus $15,781 for females. The

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for the town was $9,957. There were no families and 2.9% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 28.6% of those over 64.

References

{{authority control Towns in Creek County, Oklahoma Towns in Oklahoma Muscogee (Creek) Nation