Cheyenne, Oklahoma

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Cheyenne is a town in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 778 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Roger Mills County^GR6. The town is located on U.S. Highway 283, 23 miles north of Sayre, and Oklahoma Highway 47.

1 History
2 Geography
- 2.1 Distances
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] History

Cheyenne is the location of the Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita; Washita Battlefield), where George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Cheyenne village on the Washita River on November 26, 1868.

During the 1970's Cheyenne and the surrounding area benefited from the natural gas and oil development in the Panhandle-Hugoton field, the largest-volume gas field in the United States, and the world’s largest known source of helium. Between 1973 and 1993 the field produced over eight trillion cubic feet (230,000,000 m³) of gas.

[edit] Geography

Cheyenne is located at 35°36′45″N, 99°40′26″W (35.612409, -99.673797)^GR1, just south of the Washita River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²), all land.

[edit] Distances

81 miles north of Altus
155 miles east of Amarillo
29 miles northwest of Elk City
150 miles west of Oklahoma City
77 miles south of Woodward

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 778 people, 356 households, and 196 families residing in the town. The population density was 303.4/km² (784.6/mi²). There were 417 housing units at an average density of 162.6/km² (420.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.04% White, 0.64% African American, 0.64% Native American, and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.19% of the population.

There were 356 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.7% were non-families. 42.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 24.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,313, and the median income for a family was $37,159. Males had a median income of $25,156 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,428. About 15.3% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.7% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.