Sperry is a town in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,115 at the time of the 2020 census. It is primarily a bedroom community, since approximately 85 percent of the employed residents commute to work in Tulsa and other nearby towns. Sperry also has an active retirement community.
History
Native American activity in the area antedates the establishment of the town. Of note during the Civil War was the Battle of Chusto-Talasah, fought approximately nine miles southeast on the “Caving Banks” bend of Bird Creek, where on December 9, 1861, Opothleyahola’s Union-allied Native Americans met the forces of Col. D.H. Cooper’s Confederate troops.
Sperry was originally known as Beuhler Switch. It was named after Charles Beuhler, an employee of the Midland Valley Railroad. The origin of the name Sperry is not clear. One source claims that the name was derived from the surname of a local landowner named Henry Spybuck. The Midland Valley Railroad built a line from Arkansas to Eastern Kansas that reached Sperry in March 1905.
Exploration for oil brought prosperity between 1905 and 1910. Sperry incorporated in 1920, when the census recorded a population of 487.
Geography
Sperry is located at (36.295241, -95.989898). It is approximately north of downtown Tulsa.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Sperry had a population of 1,115. The median age was 36.9 years. 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 105.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 99.8 males age 18 and over.
There were 449 households in Sperry, of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 39.6% were married-couple households, 23.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 756 || 67.8%
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| Black or African American || 7 || 0.6%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 183 || 16.4%
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| Asian || 4 || 0.4%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 2 || 0.2%
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| Some other race || 12 || 1.1%
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| Two or more races || 151 || 13.5%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 29 || 2.6%
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2000 census
As of the census