Lehigh is a city in Coal County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 272 at the 2020 census. At the time of its founding, Lehigh was located in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation. It was originally named Boone, but the name was changed to Lehigh. In addition to mining, ranching was an important contributor to the local economy. Stockyards were built in 1884 and, even as they neared completion, 23 railroad cars of cattle and seven carloads of hogs awaited shipping.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Lehigh was a growing settlement that greatly profited from the coal mines surrounding it. During the 1910s and 1920s, the demand for coal lessened as railroads switched to oil-powered trains. The mines eventually closed, and in the early 1920s, boll weevils destroyed the cotton crops in the area.
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Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lehigh had a population of 272. The median age was 49.1 years, with 20.2% of residents under the age of 18 and 25.0% aged 65 or older. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 100.9 males age 18 and over.
All residents lived in rural areas.
There were 118 households in Lehigh, of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.1% were married-couple households, 22.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 130 housing units, of which 9.2% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 74.6% were owner-occupied and 25.4% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.8%.
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| White || 65.4%
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| Black or African American || <0.1%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 9.9%
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| Asian || 0.4%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || <0.1%
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| Some other race || 10.3%
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| Two or more races || 14.0%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 2.2%
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2000 census
As of the 2000 census, 315 people, 114 households and 77 families were residing in the city.
- Muriel Hazel Wright, historian, was born here in 1889.
See also
- List of municipalities in Oklahoma