Clearview is a town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 41 at the 2020 Census. It was historically an all-black freedmen's town and was platted by the Lincoln Townsite Company and designated as Lincoln.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Clearview town, Oklahoma – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|4
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|7.14%
|14.58%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.20%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|42
|36
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27
|75.00%
|75.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |65.85%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|7
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|12.50%
|6.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.44%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|3
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|5.36%
|4.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.20%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.32%
|-
|Total
|56
|48
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Clearview had a population of 41. The median age was 55.5 years. 9.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 46.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 173.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 146.7 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 24 households in Clearview, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 37.5% were married-couple households, 37.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 25.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Located along the Fort Smith and Western Railroad, Clearview was part of the Black Town Movement, which provided African Americans opportunities for landownership, self-governance, and economic independence.
In 1903, the Abe Lincoln Trading Company opened, serving as the town's primary trading post and commercial center. It provided local farmers with farming supplies, household goods, and building materials.
See also
- Boley, Brooksville, Grayson, Langston, Lima, Redbird, Rentiesville, Summit, Taft, Tatums, Tullahassee, and Vernon, other "All-Black" settlements that were part of the Land Run of 1889.