Colony is a town in northeastern Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Colony had a population of 112. It was named for the Seger Colony, founded in 1886, which taught modern agricultural techniques to the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes that would be resettled in the vicinity. Colony is east and north of Cordell.

History

John Seger, a native of Ohio and a Union veteran of the Civil War, was hired in 1872 to work as a mason/carpenter to build housing and other structures for a school for Native American children at the Darlington Agency. Later, he began a colony for Native Americans with Arapaho Indians, who were joined later by several Cheyennes. By the following year, Seger's colony had over 500 inhabitants. Seger began teaching modern agricultural methods as well as brick-making. By 1892, the colony had also built an industrial arts school, with the Native Americans providing the bricks and cutting stone for all the buildings.

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Colony had a population of 112. The median age was 54.7 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 28.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.1 males age 18 and over.

There were 47 households in Colony, of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 59.6% were married-couple households, 23.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 14.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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| White || 82 || 73.2%

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| Black or African American || 2 || 1.8%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 14 || 12.5%

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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 || 1 || 0.9%

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| Two or more races || 13 || 11.6%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 7 || 6.2%

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2000 census

As of the census

  • Dale Mitchell, two-time Major League Baseball All-Star outfielder for the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers.

See also

  • Darlington Agency
  • John Homer Seger

References

  • Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Colony