Red Rock ( pronounced , meaning "Rock Red town") is a town in northern Noble County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Red Rock had a population of 245. The headquarters of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians is located in Red Rock.
History
In 1886, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad built a line through what would become Noble County. The land around the railroad crossing of Red Rock Creek still belonged to the Otoe-Missouri reservation, but Rufus N. Dunagan operated a trading post there. A post office named "Magnolia" opened at the trading post in March 1890. The name was changed to Red Rock in June 1892.
On April 26, 1991, a large and extremely violent F4 tornado passed near the town. A total of six people were injured while no fatalities were reported. Minimal damage was recorded in the rural areas of Noble County during post-storm surveys. However, the tornado held the record for the highest recorded winds, as measurements of were recorded per a University of Oklahoma mobile doppler radar unit at the time. This record was broken over eight years later on May 3, 1999, during the infamous Bridge Creek–Moore tornado which struck parts of central Oklahoma and the OKC metro.
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, Red Rock had a population of 245. The median age was 37.3 years. 35.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.7 males age 18 and over.
There were 80 households in Red Rock, of which 50.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 40.0% were married-couple households, 23.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 35 || 14.3%
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| Black or African American || 0 || 0.0%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 178 || 72.7%
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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 || 0.4%
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| Two or more races || 31 || 12.7%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 9 || 3.7%
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2000 census
As of the census and have won six state championships in the 20 years of the school's existence.
Notable people
- Benjamin Arkeketa (1928-2002), Navajo painter
- Sanora Babb (1907-2005), American novelist, poet, and literary editor.
- Della Warrior (born 1946), raised in Red Rock, female chair of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe.