Slick is a town in

Creek County Creek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 69,967. Its county seat is Sapulpa. Creek County is part of the Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area. History European explorers ...

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, United States. The population was 131 at the 2010 census, an 11.5 percent decline from the figure of 148 recorded in

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History

Slick began as an oil boom town in 1920, and was named for oilman Thomas B. Slick, who drilled a discovery well nearby. A railroad, the Oklahoma-Southwestern Railway, was completed into town the same year. By 1922, the town had an estimated population of 2500-3500. However, the railroad was abandoned by 1930, and when the town appeared for the first time in the U.S. census that same year, the population was only 422, a figure which declined until 1950 and has since fluctuated. All of its employed citizens commute to work in Bristow,

Sapulpa Sapulpa is a city in Creek and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 20,544 at the 2010 United States census, compared to 19,166 at the 2000 census. The population as of 2022 is 22,205. As of 2019, the estimated popul ...

, and

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region wit ...

Geography

Slick is located at . Slick is on the

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, and situated southwest of Bristow on SH-16. Slick has a public park, located on the west side of SH-16, where Easter Egg Hunts and other events are held. According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 148 people, 52 households, and 35 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 63 housing units at an average density of 142.7 per square mile (55.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 79.73%

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, 10.81%

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, 8.11% Native American, 0.68% from other races, and 0.68% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.68% of the population. There were 52 households, out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.6% were

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living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.58. In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.7% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $37,500. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $19,000 for females. The

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for the town was $13,554. There were 4.2% of families and 7.3% of the population living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 11.8% of those over 64.

References

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