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Forgan, Oklahoma

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living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.22.
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The town name honors James B. Forgan, a Chicago banker and financier. L. B. Tooker established the first newspaper, the Forgan Enterprise, on June 6, 1912. A total of fifty-three businesses and four medical doctors were in the town at that time. As the town was located in a wheat-producing area,
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In the town, the population was spread out, with 33.3% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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The median income for a household in the town was $ 26,739, and the median income for a family was $ 29,167. Males had a median income of $ 25,000 versus $ 18,409 for females. The
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At the turn of the twenty-first century the economy was based on wheat and milo farming, ranching, the oil and gas industry, and corporate hog farms.
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grain elevators were built to store wheat prior to shipment. The population dropped to 428 in 1940 after an exodus due to the
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There were 197 households, out of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.9% were
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for the town was $ 13,250. About 17.6% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the
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Forgan, OK
Town
Location in Beaver County and state of Oklahoma.
Beaver County
Oklahoma
36°54′25″N 100°32′17″W / 36.90694°N 100.53806°W / 36.90694; -100.53806
Country
State
Oklahoma
County
Beaver
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
580
FIPS code
GNIS
Beaver County
Oklahoma
2020 census
Dust Bowl
Cimarron
Beaver
United States Census Bureau

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