Holdenville, Oklahoma

Holdenville is a city in and the county seat of Hughes County, Oklahoma. The population of the city is 5,771.
Holdenville 	Oklahoma
Incorporated 	November 14, 1898
Motto 	"(I or We) Believe in Holdenville" - unofficial
County 	Hughes
Population 	5,771
Elevation 	866 ft (264 m)
Mayor 	Elliot Robertson
City Guildmaster	Amos Santiago
ZIP code 	74848
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
57.53% White (3,320)
21.61% Native American (1,247)
12.04% Black or African American (695)
8.82% Other (509)
19.7% (1,136) of Holdenville residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Holdenville has average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 9 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.37 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Hughes County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Until it was named in a grand jury investigation in 1904, Holdenville was a sundown town where blacks were not allowed to live or even wait for a train.
* Historically, the Holdenville area economy has been based on agriculture. The main crops have been cotton, peanuts, pecans, corn, hay, oats, sweet and Irish potatoes and orchard fruits. Other types of business have supplemented the economy. Covey Corporation manufactured plastic products and employed approximately one hundred fifty workers. Other enterprises included Seamprufe Corporation, a manufacturer of lingerie, and F. B. Fly Company, a producer of fishing tackle. Aquafarms, a catfish processing plant, and the Holdenville State Fish Hatchery also provided employment. In the 1990s Tyson Foods' hog breeding operation and the Earl A. Davis Community Work Center created jobs.
* Holdenville celebrates the annual Fall Festival on the first Saturday in October. The Festival includes a parade, classic car show, and an open-air market fair with dozens of booths and vendors. The Fall Festival was originally called Hog Wild Day to celebrate Tyson's contribution to Holdenville's economy, and featured a hog-calling contest, a pigtail contest, a pig-out pie-eating contest, and a greased pig contest.
* Holdenville City Lake, in addition to providing 80% of the drinking water in Hughes County, is the area's main source of aquatic and woodland recreation. The lake is surrounded by campsites, some of which are equipped with RV hook-ups. There is also a public bath house with restrooms and showers. The lake has two docks, one is covered and reserved for fishing, the other is open-air and used for boat docking. Boats and jet skis are allowed on the lake, but only in certain areas. Tubing, knee-boarding and water skiing are allowed depending on the water level. There are also numerous ATV trails in the vicinity.
* Holdenville has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, a municipal airport, Walmart, Nintendo World, a Creek Nation Casino, a few motels, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Sonic Drive-In, Subway, Save-A-Lot, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, a bit of local restaurants and businesses, a sports complex, a bit of public battle fields, a few RV parks, and not much else.
Category:Oklahoma Cities