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Meridian, Logan County, Oklahoma

Field	Value
name	Meridian, Oklahoma
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Meridian Oklahoma Landscape.jpg
image_caption	Post office and abandoned school building in Meridian, Oklahoma
pushpin_map	Oklahoma#USA
pushpin_label	Meridian
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Oklahoma
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Logan
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Tod Hardin
area_footnotes
area_total_sq_mi	0.20
area_land_sq_mi	0.20
area_water_sq_mi	0.00
population_as_of	2023
population_total	8
population_density_sq_mi	70.35
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CST
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	1034
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP codes
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	40-47800
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2412984
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	0.52
area_land_km2	0.52
area_water_km2	0.00
population_density_km2	27.15

Meridian is a town in eastern Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 38 at the 2010 census, a decline of 29.5 percent from the figure of 54 in 2000. It is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community name was chosen because of its location on the Indian meridian.

History

Abandoned gas station in Meridian, Oklahoma.

Non-Indians settled in this community in two stages. The west side at the time of the Land Run of 1889, and the east side when the Iowa, Sac and Fox, Kickapoo, Absentee Shawnee, and Citizen Band Potawatomi lands were opened in 1891. the Meridian Right-of-way and Townsite Company platted a town, which was incorporated in 1902. Sarah Harbor opened the first store in 1893, and sold it in 1895 to Miles William Allen, a successful claimant in the 1889 Land Run. A post office opened in Harbor's store on March 10, 1894

In 1903 the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Katy) built a branch line to Guthrie that passed through Meridian. Fort Smith and Western Railroad also laid track through the town. In March 1907 the Anti-Jim Crow Convention met in Meridian, where the main objective was to organize opposition to the proposed constitution for the State of Oklahoma.

Geography

Meridian is 12.5 miles southeast of Guthrie, the seat of Logan County.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.5 km2), all land.

Demographics

2020 census

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Meridian town, Oklahoma	url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US4047800&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2
White alone (NH)	7	3
Black or African American alone (NH)	29	7
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0
Asian alone (NH)	0	0
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	1
Other race alone (NH)	0	1
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	2	2
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	0	0
Total	38	14

As of the census of 2000, there were 54 people, 23 households, and 14 families residing in the town. The population density was 271.5 PD/sqmi. There were 31 housing units at an average density of 155.9 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 14.81% White, 83.33% African American, and 1.85% from two or more races.

There were 23 households, out of which 17.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 1.9% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 125.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 122.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,500, and the median income for a family was $26,000. Males had a median income of $29,167 versus $25,893 for females. The per capita income for the town was $9,056. There were 28.6% of families and 25.9% of the population living below the poverty line, including 5.6% of under eighteens and 16.7% of those over 64.

Notes

References

"ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau.
{{GNIS. 2412984
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[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=ME015 Thomas L. Hedglen, "Meridian," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.] Accessed May 29, 2015.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Meridian town, Oklahoma".
"P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Meridian town, Oklahoma".
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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