Mannford is a city in

Creek County, Oklahoma Creek County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 71,754. Its county seat is Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Sapulpa. Creek County is part of the Tul ...

, United States. The population was 3,262 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 3,076 in 2010. The city sits next to

Keystone Lake Keystone Lake is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas and Cimarron rivers. It is located upstream about from Tulsa. It was created in 1968 when the Keystone Dam was completed. The primary purposes are: flood control, hydroelec ...

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''.
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

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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

, a reservoir on the

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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

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, 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 . There were 865 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 91.31%

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, 0.10%

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, 4.39% Native American, 0.24% Asian, 0.24%

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, 0.29% from other races, and 3.44% from two or more races.

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or Latino 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

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consulting, due to retail leakage to surrounding communities. A

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, 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".
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 people

Lee Hazlewood Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s ...

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and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, was born here.

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* {{authority control Cities in Creek County, Oklahoma Cities in Oklahoma Tulsa metropolitan area Oklahoma populated places on the Arkansas River Muscogee (Creek) Nation