Editing Ryan, Oklahoma

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'''Ryan''' is a town in [[Jefferson County, Oklahoma|Jefferson County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States, located just north of the [[Texas]] state line. The population was 667 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is also known as the birthplace of [[Chuck Norris]].

==Geography==
Ryan is {{convert|2|miles|km}} north of the [[Red River of the South|Red River]], {{convert|11|miles|km}} south of [[Waurika, Oklahoma|Waurika]] and {{convert|115|miles|km}} south-southwest of [[Oklahoma City]].<ref name="Ryan">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=RY001 Jon D. May, "Ryan," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed March 27, 2015.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.9|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==History==
The incorporated community of Ryan is located in southwestern Jefferson County. It is situated some {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the Red River at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 81 in Oklahoma|U.S. Highway 81]] and [[Oklahoma State Highway 32|State Highway 32]], {{convert|11|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Waurika and {{convert|115|mi|km}} south by southwest of [[Oklahoma City]]. It was named in honor of rancher Stephen W. Ryan, an [[Arkansas]] native who settled near present-day Ryan in 1875.<ref name="Ryan"/>

As a result of his marriage to a Chickasaw woman, Ryan acquired vast acreage in present Jefferson County, then a part of Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. When the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]] constructed a station on Ryan's land in 1892, he platted the site for the town that now bears his name. A post office had been established in that locality in June 1890, and Ryan's home, built ''circa'' 1877, was the community's first residence.<ref name="Ryan"/>

Ryan was named the seat of Jefferson County by delegates to the 1906 Constitutional Convention. It lost that title in February 1912, when county voters chose Waurika to be the county seat. Ryan developed as an agricultural and ranching community. Local ranchers raised cattle and hogs, and farmers produced cotton, corn, and wheat. The fruit industry was a prosperous enterprise, as pears, peaches, apples, plums, and strawberries were grown in abundance.<ref name="Ryan"/>

Fire nearly destroyed Ryan in December 1895, but the residents rebuilt. Ryan had 1,115 residents in 1907. By 1908, it had thirty businesses, including two banks, a hotel, a cotton gin, two lumberyards, a flour mill, and a cottonseed oil mill. By 1930 the townspeople enjoyed {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} of paved roads, two schools, three hundred telephone connections, and a bus line. The town's population peaked at 1,379 in 1920 and then declined. The 1940 and 1950 censuses reported 1,115 and 1,019, respectively. Numbers dropped to 978 in 1960. By 1980 the town had 1,083 residents, declining to 894 in 2000.<ref name="Ryan"/>

At the start of the twenty-first century, Ryan had four Protestant churches and one Catholic church. Two primary and secondary schools were available to the public. The Ryan public schools and the Ryan Nursing Home were the town's major employers. The Ryan Nursing home, however, closed in 2011. The weekly ''Ryan Leader,'' the community's lone newspaper in 2003, began as the ''Ryan Record'' in 1894, has since closed. Currently, the city is "dying" in part to the lack of participation of the city officials to secure a proper future for business and infrastructure.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 1207
|1920= 1379
|1930= 1258
|1940= 1115
|1950= 1019
|1960= 978
|1970= 1011
|1980= 1083
|1990= 945
|2000= 894
|2010= 816
|2020= 667
|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 894 people, 358 households, and 233 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|987.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 439 housing units at an average density of {{convert|484.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 87.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.67% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.22% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.82% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.57% from two or more races. 12.30% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 358 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.9% were non-families. 31.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the town the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The [[median income]] for a household in the town was $20,855, and the median income for a family was $26,167. Males had a median income of $22,813 versus $15,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $11,057. About 26.7% of families and 25.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.3% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Ryan Public Schools]] operates public schools.

==Notable people==
*[[Chuck Norris]], martial artist and actor
*[[Abe Lemons]], college basketball coach
* [[Floyd Tillman]], singer in [[List of Country Music Hall of Fame inductees|Country Music Hall of Fame]]

==References==
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{{Jefferson County, Oklahoma}}

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[[Category:Towns in Jefferson County, Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Towns in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1890]]