Slick is a town in

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, United States. The population was 151 at the 2020 census, a 15.3% increase over the population in 2010.

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, was completed into town the same year. By 1922, the town had an estimated population of 2500-3500. However, production of oil began to decline in the latter part of 1923, and the railroad was abandoned by 1930. So when the town appeared for the first time in the U.S. census in 1930, 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, Sapulpa, and

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Geography

Slick is on the Deep Fork River, and situated southeast of 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

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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 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 . The racial makeup of the town was 79.73%

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, 10.81%

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, 8.11% Native American, 0.68% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races.

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or Latino 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

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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

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for the town was $13,554. There were 4.2% of families and 7.3% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 11.8% of those over 64.

References

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

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Geography

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