Crescent, Oklahoma
Location of Crescent, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 35°57′11″N 97°35′41″W / 35.95306, -97.59472
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Logan
Area
- Total	1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
- Land	1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	1,142 ft (348 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,281
- Density	1,206.2/sq mi (465.7/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	73028
Area code(s)	405
FIPS code	40-18250[1]
GNIS feature ID	1091814[2]

Crescent is a city in Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,364 at the 2006 census estimate.

Geography

Crescent is located at 35°57′11″N, 97°35′41″W (35.953137, -97.594593)^[3].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land.

Crescent is the hometown of Harlem Globetrotter Hubert "Geese" Ausbie. Crescent was named after a grouping of trees that were in the shape of a crescent moon where the town is now established. The mayor is James Lowe. There is one stop light located in the center of town at the intersection of Grand (SH74) and Monroe. There are several churches in the town. Also included are gas stations, nursing home, banks (Farmers and Merchants), a grocery store (Crescent Foods), and a public school. There is fast food such as Taco Mayo and Subway available. We have a snowcone stand, open during the summer, and now have a donut shop. There is Kelly's Cafe for those looking for a place to sit and dine.There is also a new restaurant called the Copper Kettle. Crescent has one drugstore (Don's Drug) and Dollar General also has an establishment. We also have a museum featuring the artwork of some of the local students, along with a skate park and a swimming pool for the children to enjoy during the summer. Located near the museum is the carwash and storage units. The Community Center, and VFW are where many public events are held, such as school dances and other meetings. Crescent also has a couple of vintage thrift stores, and a dance studio. Sidelines is where everyone goes to get drinks at happy hour. Recently they have added a new doctors office (CIMP) Center of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics the doctor being Dr. Travis. Crescent Public Schools graduating class averages about 51 members. The mascot is the Tiger. The 1990 football team won the State Championship. Every year we get better in sports and we also have many academic championships. More information about the school can be found at www.crescentok.com. A new sports complex was built (2006-2007) east of the football field on the east side of town and can be accessed from Sanderson Road (SH74C).

Crescent was also the site of highly controversial revelations within the petrochemical industry. When working conditions and manufacturing practices at a Kerr McGee facility that made plutonium became dangerous around the 1970s, problems arose. The 1983 Oscar nominated film "Silkwood" is a movie about those revelations and contains footage of the locals meeting spot, "The City Cafe", in downtown Crescent. The cafe is now vacant.

All north-south streets are names of trees, while all east-west streets are former Presidents.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 1,281 people, 562 households, and 361 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,206.2 people per square mile (466.6/km²). There were 639 housing units at an average density of 601.7/sq mi (232.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.52% White, 4.68% African American, 2.58% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.47% from other races, and 3.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population.

There were 562 households out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,096, and the median income for a family was $32,206. Males had a median income of $25,602 versus $21,121 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,081. About 13.2% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
3. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

External links

• Crescent, Oklahoma is at coordinates 35°57′11″N 97°35′41″W / 35.953137, -97.594593 (Crescent, Oklahoma)Coordinates: 35°57′11″N 97°35′41″W / 35.953137, -97.594593 (Crescent, Oklahoma)

	v â€¢ d â€¢ e State of Oklahoma Oklahoma City (capital)
Topics	History | Politics | Government | Governor (List) | Symbols | People | Geography | Economy | Sports | Demographics
Regions	Arklatex | Central | Cherokee Outlet | Cross Timbers | Four State Area | Flint Hills | Green Country | Kiamichi Country | Little Dixie | Northwestern | Ouachita Mountains | The Ozarks | Panhandle | South Central | Southwestern
Largest cities	Broken Arrow | Edmond | Enid | Lawton | Midwest City | Moore | Norman | Oklahoma City | Stillwater | Tulsa
Counties	Adair | Alfalfa | Atoka | Beaver | Beckham | Blaine | Bryan | Caddo | Canadian | Carter | Cherokee | Choctaw | Cimarron | Cleveland | Coal | Comanche | Cotton | Craig | Creek | Custer | Delaware | Dewey | Ellis | Garfield | Garvin | Grady | Grant | Greer | Harmon | Harper | Haskell | Hughes | Jackson | Jefferson | Johnston | Kay | Kingfisher | Kiowa | Latimer | Le Flore | Lincoln | Logan | Love | Major | Marshall | Mayes | McClain | McCurtain | McIntosh | Murray | Muskogee | Noble | Nowata | Okfuskee | Oklahoma | Okmulgee | Osage | Ottawa | Pawnee | Payne | Pittsburg | Pontotoc | Pottawatomie | Pushmataha | Roger Mills | Rogers | Seminole | Sequoyah | Stephens | Texas | Tillman | Tulsa | Wagoner | Washington | Washita | Woods | Woodward

www.crescentok.com