Foraker, Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
 Location of Foraker, Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: 36°52′25″N 96°34′09″W / 36.87361°N 96.56917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Osage |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2) |
| • Land | 0.26 sq mi (0.67 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,270 ft (390 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 18 |
| • Density | 69.23/sq mi (26.73/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 74652 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-26750[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 2412635[2] |
Foraker is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for Ohio Senator Joseph B. Foraker. The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is southeast of town. The official population peaked at 415 in 1910 and has declined steadily since 1930.[4] The population was only 18 at the 2010 census, a 21.7 percent decline from 23 in 2000.[5]
Foraker was listed as a ghost town in the 1977 book Ghost Towns of Oklahoma. The author, John Wesley Morris, quoted one long-time resident as saying: "Stores gone, post office gone, train gone, school gone, oil gone, boys and girls gone – only thing not gone is graveyard and it git bigger."[6]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Foraker, Oklahoma
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Jon D. May, "Foraker," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
- ^ "Census Viewer:Foraker, Oklahoma Population." Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Accessed May 10, 2015.
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