Beggs, Oklahoma
Beggs, Oklahoma | ||
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City | ||
FIPS code 40-05000[3] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 2409813[2] |
Beggs is a city in
History
Starting as a
Isparhecher House and Grave is among the National Register of Historic Places listings in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, and is located approximately four miles west of town off State Highway 16 on private land.
Despite its size, Beggs has at least seven churches.[a]
Geography
Beggs is located approximately 30 miles south of downtown
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), all land.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 855 | — | |
1920 | 2,327 | 172.2% | |
1930 | 1,531 | −34.2% | |
1940 | 1,283 | −16.2% | |
1950 | 1,214 | −5.4% | |
1960 | 1,114 | −8.2% | |
1970 | 1,107 | −0.6% | |
1980 | 1,428 | 29.0% | |
1990 | 1,150 | −19.5% | |
2000 | 1,364 | 18.6% | |
2010 | 1,321 | −3.2% | |
2020 | 1,179 | −10.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[9] |
As of the census
There were 538 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,063, and the median income for a family was $31,250. Males had a median income of $26,150 versus $22,143 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,191. About 16.9% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.1% of those under age 18 and 29.3% of those age 65 or over.
Recreation
Recreational opportunities include Old Beggs Lake, southeast of the town center,[10] and the larger New Beggs Lake, almost directly east of the town center.[11]
A city playground on Main Street was revitalized as Legacy Park in the 2019–2020 timeframe, complete with playground equipment, a pavilion, and picnic tables.[12]
Beggs Fairgrounds and Round-Up Club Arena is a fairgrounds and rodeo arena, available for special events.[13]
Notable people
- Lloyd Edgar Acree, posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross, was born here in 1920.
- Suzan Shown Harjo, advocate for Native Americans
- Joe Martel III First know amputee to play football in Oklahoma
- Dan Rowan, best known for playing the straight man on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
- Rodney Tate (born February 14, 1959) – NFL RB 1982–1984 for Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons.[14]
- Alvin "Pooh" Williamson(born September 5, 1973) is a former college basketball player and assistant coach at the University of Miami.
In popular culture
Beggs attracted national attention in the late 1970s when public pay phones offering calls for only five cents had long since been phased out across the country, but Beggs still had them.[15][16] In the 21st century, pay phones of any cost began to be phased out across the country by AT&T in 2007 and Verizon in 2011.[17] But as of mid-2022, Beggs still has nickel public pay phones, maintained by the Beggs Telephone Company.[18][19]
Beggs features prominently in The Great War: American Front, the second volume of the Southern Victory alternate history novels by author Harry Turtledove.
Beggs was one of the filming sites for principal photography on Season One of the FX comedy series Reservation Dogs from filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, which concerns four Native American teens in rural Oklahoma.[20]
Notes
- ^ Churches include: Crossroads Baptist Church at 6962 Happy Camp Rd; First Baptist Church South at 8150 Highway 16; First United Methodist Church at 506 N Broadway; Beggs First Assembly of God at the corner of 400 East Main at Cherokee street; First Apostolic Church at 302 West 3rd Street; Church of Christ at Fifth & Osage; and, Handy Chapel A.M.E. Church at E 1st St & S Broadway St.
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beggs, Oklahoma
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Beggs city, Oklahoma". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ "ePodunk Beggs Community Profile". Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Davidson, Ruth. "Beggs," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society. Accessed February 17, 2016.
- ^ "Beggs city, Oklahoma". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ "Mapquest website". Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Old Beggs Lake Rd to Beggs, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "New Beggs Lake to Beggs, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Legacy Park-Beggs". Facebook. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Beggs Fairgrounds & Round Up Club". locationshub. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ^ (http://www.nfl.com/player/rodneytate/2527042/careerstats)
- ^ "'Deposit One Nickel, Please'". The Argus-Press, August 20. 1977. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Five-Cent Phone Calls Ending in Louisiana". The New York Times. December 21, 1978. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "What Killed the Pay Phone?". Renee Reizman, The Atlantic, February 2, 2017. February 2, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Home Page". Beggs Telephone Company. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Oklahoma family finds working pay phone in Beggs". KJRH Tulsa, June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ "Shot-in-Oklahoma FX series 'Reservation Dogs' set for Aug. 9 debut". Tulsa World, July 16, 2021. July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.