Verdigris, Oklahoma

Verdigris is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma. The population of the town is 3,993.
Verdigris 	Oklahoma
Incorporated 	1994
County 	Rogers
Population 	3,993
Elevation 	615 ft (187 m)
Mayor 	Billy Palmer
Town Guildmaster	Bennie Bullock
ZIP code 	74019
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
72.63% White (2,900)
17.36% Native American (693)
9.87% Other (394)
0.15% Black or African American (6)
6.3% (251) of Verdigris residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Verdigris has low to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 2 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.98 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Rogers County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Verdigris is named after the nearby Verdigris River, so named by French Traders that settled in the area around the late 1700s. Several Native American tribes, including the Osage, Delaware and Cherokee, had populations along the Verdigris River. The rural community known as Verdigris has been in existence since before Oklahoma statehood in 1907. The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) referred to the area as the "Verdigris Switch" in the late 1880s. Verdigris schools were founded in the early 1900s.
* Verdigris is primarily a small agricultural community. It is also the home of the CF Industries’ Verdigris Nitrogen Facility, which manufactures anhydrous ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solutions, nitric acid, high purity argon and food grade liquid carbon dioxide. The facility is located on 800 acres (320 ha) and employs approximately 200 people. The urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) production facility has an annual capacity of 2.0 million tons of UAN and is the second largest such in North America.
* Verdigris has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a Microtel, a few RV parks, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, Daylight Donuts, Subway, a sports complex, a little bit of public battle fields, and not much else.
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