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Sasakwa, Oklahoma
Summary
Sasakwa is a town in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 80 as of the 2020 census.
Sasakwa was originally located at a site west of the present townsite, where Governor John E Brown, Seminole, established a trading post, cotton gin, and 16 room mansion where he fed vagrants and poor. A post office was established in 1880, and took the name from that given his trading post by Gov John E Brown, from the Seminole word meaning "wild goose". Sasakwa Female Academy existed at Sasakwa from 1880 to 1892. At that time Sasakwa was part of the [not sure it was Creek, part of Seminole nation today] Nation in the Indian Territory. The site of the present town was moved to where the train station was located.
In 1917, hundreds of men gathered on a farm near Sasakwa to protest the draft in World War I, an event called the Green Corn Rebellion.
Sasakwa is located at (34.947915, -96.526206). It is south of Wewoka, the county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
The town is on Oklahoma State Highway 56; Lake Konawa is to the west.
As of the census of 2000, there were 150 people, 58 households, and 41 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 77 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 61.33% White, 1.33% African American, 28.67% Native American, and 8.67% from two or more races.
There were 58 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.7% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years.
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