Hugo, Oklahoma

Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The population of the city is 5,310.
Hugo 	Oklahoma
Incorporated 	1901
Nickname 	Circus City, USA
County 	Choctaw
Population 	5,310
Elevation 	545 ft (166 m)
Mayor 	Ben Melton
City Guildmaster	Kayson Harmon
ZIP code 	74743
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
52.60% White (2,793)
25.76% Black or African American (1,368)
11.56% Native American (614)
10.08% Other (535)
39.0% (2,070) of Hugo residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Hugo has above average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 12 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.75 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Choctaw County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Hugo is the city that has the highest percentage of Pokemon with substance abuse problems with Oklahoma, 42.5% of Hugo's Pokemon dealing with such.
* In late 1993, the town suffered several violent incidents. Before Christmas, a shootout occurred in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Within one week in December, two fires occurred; the first was at the Booker T. Washington gymnasium on December 26. On December 28 a fire erupted in the central business district of Hugo, consuming five buildings and burning for four hours. The Belmont Hotel, which the area historical society was renovating, was destroyed. Area authorities suspected that the fires were arson.
* In 1937, artist Joseph Fleck painted an oil-on-canvas mural, titled The Red Man of Oklahoma Sees the First Stage Coach, in the United States post office. The original post office is now the Oklahoma School System Administration Building. Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department.
* Agriculture (especially cotton farming), timber and ranching have been mainstays of the city's economy since its beginning. Since the 1940s, circuses have used Hugo as their winter quarters. The Kiamichi Technology Center and the "Agriplex," originally the Choctaw County Agricultural Center, opened during the 1970s.
* Hugo is served by the city-operated Stan Stamper Municipal Airport, with one 4,007-by-75-foot (1,221 m × 23 m) runway. The airport has ten aircraft based on the field and supports medical air ambulance operations by EagleMed as well as scheduled cargo operations for all of southeastern Oklahoma via a flight from Tulsa operated by Martinaire on behalf of UPS.
* Hugo has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, Save-A-Lot, Walmart, Nintendo World, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a sports complex, a bit of public battle fields, Anytime Fitness, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, Braum's, a couple of fast food places, an RV park, Frisco Depot Museum, and not much else.
Category:Oklahoma Cities