Amber is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. Part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, it lies along State Highway 92, about southwest of Oklahoma City and north of Chickasha, Oklahoma. Established in the early 1900s as a railroad community, Amber was incorporated in 1970 and had a population of 413 at the 2020 census.
History
Amber developed as a rural community in Grady County, Oklahoma, located along the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway about eight miles north of Chickasha, Oklahoma. The completion of the Frisco rail line and the establishment of the Amber post office occurred in 1903. Railroad workers named the town “Amber” after the goldenrod flowers that colored the countryside in autumn.
In 1906, Lena Chastain, a Choctaw landowner, sold the abstract of title for the townsite. W. T. Cloud purchased land east of the rail station, dug the town water well, and opened a store, school, and livery barn. The first school was a subscription school serving children of railroad workers. By 1909, population growth required a five-room school building, which also hosted Baptist, Methodist, and Holiness congregations on alternating Sundays.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Amber has a total area of , all land. The elevation is approximately above sea level.
Amber is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and lies within the Red Bed Plains region of the Great Plains, characterized by gently rolling terrain and mixed-grass prairie.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Amber had a population of 413. The median age was 33.3 years. 31.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 12.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 116.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 111.9 males age 18 and over.
There were 152 households in Amber, of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.3% were married-couple households, 23.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 14.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 345 || 83.5%
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| Black or African American || 0 || 0.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 22 || 5.3%
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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 0 || 0.0%
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| Two or more races || 46 || 11.1%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 9 || 2.2%
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2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 419 people living in the town. The population density was . There were 177 housing units at an average density of .