Editing Shamrock, Oklahoma

{{Short description|Town in Oklahoma, US}}
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'''Shamrock''' ({{langx|sac|'''Shêmwâkeki'''}}<ref>Gordon Whittaker, 2005, "A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language", The Sac & Fox National Public Library Stroud, Oklahoma. [https://www.sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Copy-of-A-Concise-Dictionary-Sauk.pdf]</ref>) is an unincorporated town in [[Creek County, Oklahoma|Creek County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States, located on [[Oklahoma State Highway 16]] south of [[Drumright, Oklahoma|Drumright]] and west-northwest of [[Bristow, Oklahoma|Bristow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shamrock,+OK/@35.8720709,-96.5805267,11.51z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87b14fff82336847:0x71b31a2e0f86d20!8m2!3d35.910069!4d-96.583905 |title=Shamrock, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=October 18, 2020}}</ref> The population was 65 at the time of the 2020 census.<ref name=Census2020>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Shamrock%20town,%20Oklahoma |title=Shamrock (town), Oklahoma|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=February 24, 2023}}</ref>  It was named for Shamrock, Illinois (just southeast of [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]]),<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shamrock,+IL+61705/@40.4186449,-89.0396373,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880b6453b5ec88eb:0x4161c6f77d33a332!8m2!3d40.4186468!4d-88.8995185 |title=Shamrock, Illinois|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=October 18, 2020}}</ref> the hometown of local store owner, James M. Thomas.<ref name = "EOHC-Shamrock">{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Linda D. |title=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Shamrock |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SH005 |publisher=Digital.library.okstate.edu}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Shamrock_OK_1927_Bldg.jpg|thumb|right|Building from 1927, said to be an abandoned auto dealership.<ref name=Legends>{{cite web|url= https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ok-shamrock/ |title= Shamrock – Oil Boom & Bust |publisher=Legends of America|accessdate =July 29, 2020}}</ref>]]
In 1908, James M. Thomas, a native of Shamrock, Illinois, moved to this area and opened a store. He named the post office that he established on July 9, 1910, in honor of his home town. Between 1915 and 1916, the [[Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nara.getarchive.net/media/sapulpa-and-oil-field-railroad-spur-to-the-hill-oil-and-gas-company-near-shamrock-0b83f8 | title=Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad, Spur To The Hill Oil And Gas Company near Shamrock, Creek County, Oklahoma|publisher=U.S. National Archives|accessdate=July 29, 2020}}</ref> (later the [[St. Louis and San Francisco Railway]]) built a line northward from [[Depew, Oklahoma|Depew]] to Shamrock. The railroad bypassed the town by three-fourths of a mile, so the citizens moved their businesses closer to the railroad.<ref name="EOHC-Shamrock"/>  In 1916, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] constructed a line that connected Shamrock and [[Drumright, Oklahoma|Drumright]].  These lines developed Shamrock as a major shipping point for oil field equipment and crude oil. The town adopted an Irish theme, with streets named Tipperary, Dublin, Killarney, Blarney, and Cork.<ref name = "EOHC-Shamrock"/>

Shamrock became quite the oil and gas boomtown when the nearby [[Cushing Oil Field]] began to develop.  Numerous oilfield camps began to spring up in the vicinity, and Shamrock developed a reputation as a bawdy town with saloons, gambling halls, and brothels.<ref name="EOHC-Shamrock"/>  Colorful stories abound.  Two noted oilmen, [[Thomas Baker Slick Sr.|Tom Slick]] and [[Harry Ford Sinclair|Harry Sinclair]], had a few drinks one night and were racing horse teams up and down Shamrock's main street.<ref name=Ghost>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fSqmnpHFEF0C&dq=%22sapulpa+and+oil+fields+railroad%22&pg=PP183  | title=Shamrock| year=1977|publisher=Ghost Towns of Oklahoma, John W. Morris, pp. 171-172| isbn=9780806114200|accessdate=October 25, 2021}}</ref>  The Big Six gambling hall had a one-legged fiddle player who was known to take off his wooden leg and use it as a club to keep order in the place.<ref name=Ghost/>  However, the oil boom and its workers started moving to new areas in the mid-1920s, and Shamrock began to shrink.<ref name="EOHC-Shamrock"/>  Still, the town was exciting enough in 1932 to have its bank robbed by [[Pretty Boy Floyd]].<ref name=Legends />

Shamrock at one point had two weekly newspapers.<ref name= "EOHC-Shamrock" />   One was The Shamrock Brogue.<ref name=Brogue>{{cite web|url=https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1477413/ |title=The Shamrock Brogue, Volume 1, Number 1, January 1, 1916|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=October 18, 2020}}</ref>  The editorial in the first issue dated January 1, 1916, summarized the paper's view and intent:  “Shamrock is on the map to stay and the Brogue is here to boost for the town.  The Brogue will never knock.  The mission of a newspaper is to boost for its own home town first, last and all the time, and that is the program that the Brogue will follow.”<ref name =Brogue />  The other paper was the Shamrock Blarney, first printed on March 9, 1916.<ref name= "EOHC-Shamrock" />  Both papers were succeeded by the Creek County Democrat,<ref name= "EOHC-Shamrock" />  which published to at least January 23, 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%221930%22&offset=2&t=19124 | title=Creek County Democrat, January 23, 1930|publisher=Newspapers.com|accessdate=October 18, 2020}}</ref>

The board of trustees voted to dissolve the town in June 2010.<ref name="TulsaWorld">{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/creek-county-town-of-shamrock-dissolves-in-debt/article_e7c90e17-a4ab-5e08-8b3f-9d0f4c66dda2.html|publisher=[[Tulsa World]]|accessdate=August 11, 2016|date=September 30, 2013|title=Creek County town of Shamrock dissolves in $60,000 debt}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 65
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name=Census2020/>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 125 people, 47 households, and 29 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|379.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 70 housing units at an average density of {{convert|212.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 89.60% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.80% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 1.60% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.80% of the population.

There were 47 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 23.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.33.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 35.2% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $21,250, and the median income for a family was $21,875. Males had a median income of $22,917 versus $15,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $9,948. There were 20.6% of families and 29.5% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 36.2% of under eighteens and 6.3% of those over 64.

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[[Category:Towns in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Muscogee (Creek) Nation]]