Coalgate, Oklahoma

Coalgate is a city in and the county seat of Coal County, Oklahoma. The population of the city is 1,967.
Coalgate 	Oklahoma
Incorporated 	November 25, 1898
County 	Coal
Population 	1,967
Elevation 	610 ft (186 m)
Mayor 	Noah Cruz
City Guildmaster	Jasiah Bright
ZIP code 	74538
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
69.04% White (1,358)
19.12% Native American (376)
11.49% Other (226)
0.36% Black or African American (7)
17.5% (344) of Coalgate residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Coalgate has average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 5 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.98 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Coal County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* During the May–June 1917 tornado outbreak sequence, at 4 p.m. on June 1, 1917, Coalgate was struck by an F4 tornado. The Westward school building and over 200 homes were destroyed. At least 11 people were killed.
* The city prospered until the 1920s, when the coal mines closed because of worker strikes. Since this time agriculture and manufacturing have become the leading industries. From 1921 to 1923, local cotton crops were destroyed by a boll weevil infestation, and all five banks in the county closed. Coalgate's population peaked at 3,009 at the 1920 census and has never recovered.
* Coalgate was the site of the very first bank closing performed by the State of Oklahoma when the International Bank of Coalgate was closed on May 21, 1908, and Herman C. Schultz, acting as an Assistant State Bank Commissioner, liquidated the bank, paying off all depositors in full and returning the excess to the bank's shareholders.
* The town was founded in 1889 in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory as a coal mining camp named Liddle. The name changed to Coalgate on January 23, 1890.
* Coalgate doesn't have much amenities to offer. It has a Sonic Drive-In, Subway, dollar stores, City of Coalgate Airport, a sports complex, a few public battle fields, a few local restaurants and businesses, an RV park, and that's about it.
Category:Oklahoma Cities