Hallett is a town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located 19 miles southeast of Pawnee, the county seat of Pawnee County, on State Highway 99, slightly north of U.S. Highway 412.

History

The town of Hallett was founded on December 8, 1904, at the junction of the Arkansas Valley and Western Railway (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) and the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway). The developer, Hallett Townsite Company, was named for Charles H. Hallett, an officer in the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry. A post office was established in the town on May 19, 1905, and the first newspaper, the weekly Hallett Herald was published.

Hallett became a trade center for the local agriculture industry. The discovery of Hallett oil field brought a brief boom in 1908 and again in the 1920s. Population peaked at 279 in 1920, then declined to a low of 120 in 1950.

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Hallett had a population of 105. The median age was 51.9 years. 17.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 26.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 105.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 107.1 males age 18 and over.

There were 50 households in Hallett, of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.0% were married-couple households, 24.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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| White || 96 || 91.4%

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| Black or African American || 0 || 0.0%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 5 || 4.8%

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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 || 2 || 1.9%

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| Two or more races || 2 || 1.9%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 6 || 5.7%

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2000 census

As of the census

References

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  • Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Hallett