Wright City is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Little River. The population was 616 at the 2020 census,
At the time of its founding, the community was located in Towson County, a part of the Apukshunnubbee District, one of three administrative super-regions comprising the Choctaw Nation.
Etymology
On March 24, 1910, a post office charter was issued for Bismark, a name chosen by the Dierks brothers, the company founders, for a Nebraska town where they had operated a lumber outlet. The name of the town and post office changed to Wright during World War I because of public association of the Bismark name with that of the former German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, despite the discrepancy in spelling.
The present name was chosen to honor William Wiley Wright, the county's first war casualty. On May 18, 1920, the name was altered to Wright City.
Geography
Wright City is in western McCurtain County, north of Millerton and less than north of the Little River on State Highway 98. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.45%, are water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Wright City had a population of 616. The median age was 35.3 years. 26.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 84.1 males age 18 and over.
There were 250 households in Wright City, of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 36.4% were married-couple households, 18.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 38.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 244 || 39.6%
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| Black or African American || 35 || 5.7%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 253 || 41.1%
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| Asian || 1 || 0.2%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 8 || 1.3%
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| Two or more races || 75 || 12.2%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 36 || 5.8%
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2000 census
As of the census