Vian, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 35°29′42″N 94°58′10″W / 35.49500°N 94.96944°W / 35.49500; -94.96944
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Vian, Oklahoma
FIPS code
40-77250[3]
GNIS feature ID2413431[2]

Vian (Cherokee: ᏓᏄᎪᎢ, romanized: da-hnu-go-i, lit. 'gar-place') is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States, adjacent to Interstate 40 at the intersection of U.S. Route 64 and Oklahoma State Highway 82. The population was 1,374 at the 2020 census, a 6.3 percent decline from the figure of 1,466 recorded in 2010.[4] It is part of the Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

At the time of European contact, the area around what is now Vian was inhabited and controlled, but not settled, by the

Osage, who used it as hunting ground. The name "Vian" is a corruption of viande, the French word for "meat"; French traders called Vian Creek "bayou viande", literally "meat bayou".[5]

The area was part of the controversial Lovely's Purchase made in 1816, which opened pre-removal Cherokee settlement in the area, then part of the Missouri Territory; the area became part of the Arkansas Territory in 1819. After the Indian Removal Act, Cherokees were given control of the area under the original jurisdiction of the pre-statehood Cherokee Nation, within the Indian Territory. In the process, Dwight Mission was moved to the area from Russellville.[6]

Vian was initially settled as a

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
.

Vian's education system dates back to the late 1880s, when a mission school for Cherokee children was established; a white school was established in the 1890s. Vian was also home to the Douglass High School, which served the region's African-American students. The district was integrated in the mid-1950s.

Today, Vian's economy is based largely around tourism and services, owing to its location along Interstate 40 and its proximity to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Robert S. Kerr Reservoir and Tenkiller Ferry Lake. Agriculture remains prominent in the local economy as well.[7]

Geography

Vian is located 11 miles (18 km) west of Sallisaw.[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900296—
1910794168.2%
19201,17648.1%
1930900−23.5%
19409414.6%
1950927−1.5%
19609300.3%
19701,13121.6%
19801,52134.5%
19901,414−7.0%
20001,362−3.7%
20101,4667.6%
20201,374−6.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 2.13% of the population.

There were 503 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.9 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $18,264, and the median income for a family was $24,167. Males had a median income of $26,731 versus $16,806 for females. The

poverty line
, including 42.2% of those under age 18 and 33.5% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vian, Oklahoma
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ CensusViewer: Population of the City of Vian, Oklahoma
  5. ^ Thwaites, Reuben Gold (1905). Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of the Best and Rarest Contemporary Volumes of Travel, Descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, During the Period of Early American Settlement. A. H. Clark Company.
  6. ^ "Sequoyah County | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Oklahoma Historical Society | OHS. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Larry O'Dell, "Vian." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed May 26, 2012.]
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
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