Shady Point, sometimes referred to as Shadypoint, is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Shady Point had a population of 972.
History
A post office was established at Harrison, Indian Territory on September 17, 1891. It was named for William H. Harrison, an attorney and Choctaw leader. On December 11, 1894, its name was changed to Shady Point, Indian Territory. At the time of its founding the community was located in Sugar Loaf County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
In 1894, the settlement moved eastward to the proposed route of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad, which built a track through Indian Territory in 1895–96. In 1900, the Kansas City Southern Railway bought out the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad. The population was estimated at 200 In 1901. In the same year, the Poteau Valley Railroad built tracks from Shady Point to the mines at Sutter (which was renamed Calhoun in 1914), bringing prosperity to Shady Point as a coal shipping point.
Agriculture became the basis for Shady Point's economy during the Great Depression. The Evans Coal Company closed its deep-shaft coal mine in 1980, the same year the town incorporated. The population then was 235. Applied Energy Services built a power plant in 1991 that burned half of the coal produced in Oklahoma by the end of the twentieth century.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Shady Point had a population of 972. The median age was 39.3 years. 24.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.1 males age 18 and over.
There were 389 households in Shady Point, of which 34.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 49.1% were married-couple households, 18.5% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 27.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
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| White || 704 || 72.4%
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| Black or African American || 3 || 0.3%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 143 || 14.7%
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| Asian || 6 || 0.6%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 1 || 0.1%
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| Some other race || 13 || 1.3%
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| Two or more races || 102 || 10.5%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 38 || 3.9%
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2000 census
As of the census