Editing Colony, Oklahoma

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'''Colony''' is a town in northeastern [[Washita County, Oklahoma|Washita County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States. The population was 136 at the 2010 U.S. census, a decrease of 7.5 percent from 147 in 2000.<ref>[http://censusviewer.com/city/OK/Colony  CensusViewer: Colony, Oklahoma Population.] Retrieved August 4, 2013.</ref> It was named for the Seger Colony, founded in 1886, which taught modern agricultural techniques to the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes that would be resettled in the vicinity. Colony is {{convert|16|mi|km}} east and {{convert|4|mi|km}} north of [[Cordell, Oklahoma|Cordell]].<ref name="EOHC-Colony">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO031 Boothe, Wayne. ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Colony."]</ref>

==History==
[[John Homer Seger|John Seger]], a native of Ohio and a Union veteran of the Civil War, was hired in 1872 to work as a mason/carpenter to build housing and other structures for a school for Native American children at the [[Darlington Agency]]. Later, he began a colony for Native Americans with [[Arapaho]] Indians, who were joined later by several [[Cheyennes]]. By the following year, Seger's colony had over 500 inhabitants. Seger began teaching modern agricultural methods as well as brick-making. By 1892, the colony had also built an industrial arts school, with the Native Americans providing the bricks and cutting stone for all the buildings.<ref name="EOHC-Colony"/>

William De Lestinier opened a store near the school with government permission, even before the [[Land Run of 1892]]. After the opening, a group of settlers, led by Zack King, created a townsite {{convert|4|mi|km}} west of the school and obtained a post office named Seger. De Lestinier moved his store to the new site. In 1895, the [[Dutch Reformed Church]] founded a mission at the colony. In 1896, a new post office named Colony opened, and the town took that name.<ref name="EOHC-Colony"/>

The colony continued to grow and had an estimated population of 300 by 1911. The Dutch Reformed mission closed in 1912 and the Seger Indian school closed in 1932.<ref name="EOHC-Colony"/>
[[File:Students branding cattle at Seger Colony School, Oklahoma, 1900 - NARA - 519189.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|alt=A man brands a cow while two men restrain it. A group of men watch.|In 1900, students brand cattle at the Seger Colony]]

==Geography==
Colony is located in Seger Township (T10N R14W), Washita County, Oklahoma. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 201
|1980= 185
|1990= 163
|2000= 147
|2010= 136
|2020= 112
|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 147 people, 64 households, and 49 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|156.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 79 housing units at an average density of {{convert|84.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 80.27% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 10.20% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.76% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.76% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.44% of the population.

There were 64 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.9% were non-families. 20.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.62.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.1% under the age of 18, 2.7% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 27.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $26,912, and the median income for a family was $27,426. Males had a median income of $26,071 versus $16,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,106. There were 15.1% of families and 17.2% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 23.5% of under eighteens and 21.6% of those over 64.

==Notable people==
* [[Yvonne Kauger]], a Justice of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, grew up in Colony and graduated from high school there.<ref>[https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO031 Boothe, Wayne. "Colony." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.'' ] Accessed May 21, 2019.</ref>
* [[Dale Mitchell (baseball)|Dale Mitchell]], two-time [[Major League Baseball]] All-Star outfielder for the [[Cleveland Indians]] and [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Longert|first=Scott|title=Dale Mitchell SABR biography|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0314e195|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|accessdate=November 8, 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Darlington Agency]]
* [[John Homer Seger]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO031 Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Colony]

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[[Category:Towns in Oklahoma]]
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