Meridian, Logan County, Oklahoma
| Meridian | |
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| Town | |
 Meridian
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| Coordinates: 35°50′37″N 97°14′48″W / 35.84361°N 97.24667°WCoordinates: 35°50′37″N 97°14′48″W / 35.84361°N 97.24667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Logan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| • Land | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 38 |
| • Density | 190/sq mi (73/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CST (UTC-5) |
Meridian is a town in eastern Logan County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 38 at the 2010 census, a decline of 29.5 percent from 54 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community name was chosen because of its location on the Indian Meridian.
Non-Indians settled in this community in two stages. The west side at the time of the Land Run of 1889, and the east side when the Iowa, Sac and Fox, Kickapoo, Absentee Shawnee, and Citizen Band Potawatomi lands were opened in 1891. the Meridian Right-of-way and Townsite Company platted a town, which was incorporated in 1902. Sarah Harbor opened the first store in 1893, and sold it in 1895 to Miles William Allen, a successful claimant in the 1889 Land Run. A post office opened in Harbor's store on March 10, 1894
In 1903 the Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (later the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Katy) builta branch line to Guthrie that passed through Meridian. Fort Smith and Western Railroad also laid track through the town. In March 1907 the Anti-Jim Crow Convention met in Meridian, where the main objective was to organize opposition to the proposed constitution for the State of Oklahoma.
Meridian is located at 35°50′37″N 97°14′48″W / 35.84361°N 97.24667°W (35.843545, -97.246625). It is 12.5 miles (20.1 km) southeast of Guthrie, the cseat of Logan County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 54 people, 23 households, and 14 families residing in the town. The population density was 271.5 people per square mile (104.2/km²). There were 31 housing units at an average density of 155.9 per square mile (59.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 14.81% White, 83.33% African American, and 1.85% from two or more races.
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