Editing Cardin, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Town in Oklahoma, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|name                     = Cardin, Oklahoma
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[[File:Cardin OK in 1922.jpg|thumb|View of Cardin mines, plant, and railyard in 1922]]
[[File:Galena, Kenora mine, OK.jpg|thumb|Fine [[Galena]] specimen from the old Kenora mine, Cardin<ref>[https://www.mindat.org/loc-189261.html Kenora mine] at [[Mindat.org|Mindat]]</ref>]]
'''Cardin''' is a [[ghost town]] in [[Ottawa County, Oklahoma|Ottawa County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States. The population was 150 at the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], but declined all the way to a population of 3 at the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]] in April 2010. By November of 2010, the population of the town was listed as zero.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://censusviewer.com/city/OK/Cardin |title=CensusViewer:Population of the City of Cardin, Oklahoma |access-date=March 20, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615132616/http://censusviewer.com/city/OK/Cardin |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A former center of zinc and lead mining in northeastern Oklahoma, the town is located within the [[Tar Creek Superfund site]] designated in 1983 because of extensive [[Pollution|environmental contamination]]. The vast majority of its residents accepted federal buyout offers of their properties, and the town's population officially had declined to zero in November 2010.<ref name="zero">Sheila Stogsdill, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20101117_12_A1_ULNSiu895664 "Cardin population drops to 0 as buyout completed"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', November 17, 2010.</ref>

==History==

===Early history===
When it was founded as a mining town in 1913, this was first known as Tar Creek, after a stream in the area. In 1918, William Oscar Cardin ([[Quapaw]]), and his wife, Isa (Wade) Cardin, had his 40-acre allotment platted and recorded with the county clerk. The town name was changed from Tar Creek to Cardin in 1920. There were 2,640 residents in 1920, many of them mineworkers.<ref name="EOHC-Cardin">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CA054 Herman McMullin, "Cardin," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed May 6, 2015.</ref>

This was part of the [[Tri-State district]] of southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma, which produced more than 43% of the lead and zinc in the United States in the early 20th century.

===Buyout and shutdown===
The town, along with [[Picher, Oklahoma|Picher]], and [[Hockerville, Oklahoma|Hockerville]], Oklahoma, is located within the Tar Creek Superfund site. This was designated in 1983 under laws intended to allocate federal funding to clean up former mining sites of extensive pollution.

These towns are part of a $60 million federal buyout because of lead pollution, as well as the risk of buildings caving in due to decades of underground mining. Cardin, Oklahoma, officially closed its last business, the post office, on February 28, 2009. In April 2009, federal officials stated that only seven residences were occupied in Cardin and that the town's water service would soon be shut off. Cardin was the first city within the Superfund area to be completely closed down.<ref>Sheila Stogsdill, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20090417_298_0_PCEhom946560 "Tar Creek community to close down"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', April 17, 2009.</ref> In November 2010, the last family in Cardin received its final buyout payment from the federally funded Lead-Impacted Communities Relocation Assistance Trust. They departed, reducing the town's population to zero.<ref name="zero"/>

Similarly, Picher was officially unincorporated in 2013, after reductions in population due to buyouts and to damage from [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 7–11, 2008|the 2008 tornado]]. The state and EPA estimate that years more of investment and treatment will be required to reduce contamination to acceptable levels, and restore some of the habitat and landscape.

==Geography==
Cardin is located at {{coord|36|58|32|N|94|51|6|W|type:city}} (36.975692, -94.851612).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}}, all of it land.

==Demographics==
At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 150 people, 58 households, and 44 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,665.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 66 housing units at an average density of {{convert|732.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 83.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.00% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 10.67% from two or more races.

There were 58 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.00.

22.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.3 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.

The [[median household income]] was $24,000 and the median family income was $25,417. Males had a median income of $23,125 compared with $13,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $9,570. There were 22.0% of families and 31.0% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 57.1% of those under eighteen and none of those over 64.

==Education==
The local school district, [[Picher-Cardin Public Schools]], closed in 2009.<ref name=GillhamStogdsdill>{{cite web|last=Gillham|first=Omer|last2=Stogsdill|first2=Sheila|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3370168/picher-school-says-farewell-to-last-11|title=Picher school says farewell to last 11|newspaper=[[The Oklahoman]]|date=2009-05-17|access-date=2021-03-29}}</ref> The territory at that time became a part of [[Quapaw Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st40_ok/c40115_ottawa/DC10SD_C40115_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Ottawa County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2021-03-29}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Merlyn Mantle]], wife of baseball player [[Mickey Mantle]], was a native of Cardin.

==See also==
*[[Eagle Picher Mine]] was the principal lead-zinc producer in the Picher mining district of Oklahoma.
*[[Tri-State district]], was the historic lead-zinc mining district in southwest Missouri, southeast Kansas, and northeast Oklahoma.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.mindat.org/loc-22694.html Cardin, Picher Field, Tri-State District] at [[Mindat.org|Mindat]]
* [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CA054 ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'' - Cardin]
* [http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/maps/county/map_co_58-ottawa.pdf Ottawa County Map]

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[[Category:Geography of Ottawa County, Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Ghost towns in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Environmental disaster ghost towns]]
[[Category:1913 establishments in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:2009 disestablishments in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009]]
[[Category:Lead and zinc mines in the United States]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Oklahoma]]