Editing Bowlegs, Oklahoma

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'''Bowlegs''' is a town in [[Seminole County, Oklahoma|Seminole County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States. The population was 357 at the time of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=bowlegs+oklahoma&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8  |title=Bowlegs (town), Oklahoma|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 29, 2023}}</ref>

==Etymology==
According to tradition, the community has the name of [[Billy Bowlegs]], a leader of the Seminoles in [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=20|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=16}}</ref> Bowlegs has frequently been noted on lists of [[Place names considered unusual|unusual place names]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PR8 | title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places | publisher=Adams Media | author=Parker, Quentin | year=2010 | pages=viii | isbn=9781440507397 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Don Voorhees|title=The Super Book of Useless Information: The Most Powerfully Unnecessary Things You Never Need to Know|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCF8FGLYvYcC&pg=PT67|date=October 4, 2011|publisher=Penguin Group US|isbn=978-1-101-54513-3|page=67}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|3.8|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 522
|1990= 398
|2000= 371
|2010= 405
|2020= 357
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 371 people, 148 households, and 108 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|98.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 167 housing units at an average density of {{convert|44.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 81.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 15.63% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.27% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.35% of the population.

There were 148 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $26,250, and the median income for a family was $28,333. Males had a median income of $22,125 versus $16,354 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $12,459. About 15.5% of families and 24.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 36.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
It is in the [[Bowlegs Public Schools]]<!--UNI 05130--> school district.<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40133_seminole/DC20SD_C40133.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Seminole County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40133_seminole/DC20SD_C40133_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==References==
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"Bowlegs, Oklahoma was, during the 1900s & 1920s, the largest "Oil Town" in Oklahoma. Seminole, Oklahoma was 2nd only to Bowlegs in oilfield activity. See: "Special Collections Library" at the "University of Tulsa". (Cultural Anthropologist - Rosemary Jackson,2022.)

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090105082113/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BO028.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Bowlegs]

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[[Category:Seminole Nation of Oklahoma]]