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The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
Vinony files it under Cities in Beckham County, Oklahoma, Cities in Oklahoma and Populated places established in 1900.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Beckham
- Total
- 0.95 sq mi (2.45 km )
- Land
- 0.95 sq mi (2.45 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,064 ft (629 m)
- Density
- 1,059.0/sq mi (408.88/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 40-24200
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Erick
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Beckham County
- Population
- 1000
- Area
- 2.474375
- Elevation
- 629
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Image
- Corner of Sheb Wooley and Roger Miller streets of Erick, Oklahoma-4013372290.jpg
- Households
- 328
- Dialing code
- 580
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- Commons category
- Erick, Oklahoma
- postal code
- 73645
- P8168
- Chiang Rai
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 20023
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Encyclopedic overview
Erick (/ˈɪərɪk/ EER-ik) is a city in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located 15 miles (24 km) west of Sayre, the county seat, and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the Oklahoma-Texas border. The population was an even 1,000 at the time of the 2020 census.
A post office, originally named Dennis, was established to serve the local community on November 8, 1900. This community developed along the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad line (later the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway), built in 1902. On November 16, 1901, the name was changed to honor Beeks Erick, the townsite developer and president of the Choctaw Townsite and Improvement Company, and the town incorporated that year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Erick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.