Ramona is a town in Washington County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ramona had a population of 524.
History
The town began as Bon-Ton, but changed its name to Ramona in 1899 in honor of the Helen Hunt Jackson novel of the same name.
Ramona was an oil town and was also a stop for the Santa Fe railroad. When the oil dried up, there was no other industry to support Ramona, so the town began to die out. Very little business remains in the town, aside from a garage, a bank, a medical clinic, and a diner, and sundry other small businesses. For 30 years the town was under the jurisdiction of the Washington County Sheriff's Office, after the police department disbanded and the Chief of Police was sentenced to prison. Under the leadership of the former mayor, the late Robert Fiddler, the police department was reinstated. And the water lines were repaired/replaced by the late William Fugate. a grant was accepted from the Cherokee Nation to repave the streets. The town also supplies natural gas service to the Wal-Mart distribution center five miles north of town.
Recently, under the mayoralty of Cyle Miller, the Cherokee Nation opened the Cherokee Casino Ramona off U.S. Route 75 and Road 3200, which is a significant boom to the local economy. This led to Ramona annexing a considerable portion of land and greatly increasing the size of Ramona proper.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Ramona had a population of 524. The median age was 37.8 years. 26.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.4 males age 18 and over.
There were 210 households in Ramona, of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 41.4% were married-couple households, 23.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 326 || 62.2%
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| Black or African American || 5 || 1.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 105 || 20.0%
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| Asian || 3 || 0.6%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 3 || 0.6%
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| Two or more races || 82 || 15.6%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 16 || 3.1%
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2000 census
As of the census