| Beggs, Oklahoma | |
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| — City — | |
| Location of Beggs, Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Okmulgee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.3 sq mi (11.0 km2) |
| • Land | 4.3 sq mi (11.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,364 |
| • Density | 320.3/sq mi (123.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74421 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-05000[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1089974[2] |
Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,364 at the 2000 census. Beggs was named for C.H. Beggs, vice president of the St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway.[3]
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Beggs is located at (35.755595, -96.038052)[4]. That puts Beggs approximately 30 miles south of the downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma[5] and 4 miles east of U.S. Route 75, a major national north/south artery.[6] Alternate U.S. Route 75, the only such bannered route stemming from U.S. 75, is a former alignment of the mainline highway prior to 1959, and travels from Highway 75 west to Beggs before turning north at that town and continuing to Sapulpa, Oklahoma.[7] The major east/west route through Beggs is Oklahoma State Highway 16.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), all of it land.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 1,364 people, 538 households, and 363 families residing in the city. The population density was 320.3 people per square mile (123.6/km²). There were 608 housing units at an average density of 142.8 per square mile (55.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 59.53% White, 21.70% African American, 9.75% Native American, 0.15% from other races, and 8.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.25% of the population.
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.
Recreational opportunities include Old Beggs Lake southeast of town center,[8] and the larger New Beggs Lake almost directly east of town center.[9]
Lloyd Edgar Acree posthumous recipient of the Navy Cross was born here in 1920.
Suzan Shown Harjo, Native American advocate.
Beggs features prominently in The Great War, a trilogy of fiction novels in the alternate history genre by author Harry Turtledove. In it, Confederate forces, having won the Civil War years earlier, are pitted against Union forces in World-War I-era combat on the North American continent, including in the Confederate state of Sequoyah (Oklahoma).[10][11]
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