Prague, Oklahoma
| Prague, Oklahoma | |
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| City | |
 Location of Prague, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 35°29′10″N 96°41′16″W / 35.48611°N 96.68778°WCoordinates: 35°29′10″N 96°41′16″W / 35.48611°N 96.68778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Lincoln |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.8 sq mi (4.6 km2) |
| • Land | 1.8 sq mi (4.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,010 ft (308 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,386 |
| • Density | 1,352/sq mi (522/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74864 |
| Area code(s) | 405 |
| FIPS code | 40-60500 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1096887 |
Prague /ˈpreɪɡ/ is a city in southeastern Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,386 at the 2010 census, an 11.6 percent increase from 2,138 at the 2000 census. Czech immigrants founded the city, and named it for the capital of the Czech Republic with an altered pronunciation of the name.
Czech immigrants settled Prague, after the opening of the Sac and Fox Reservation by a land run on September 22, 1891. Eva Barta owned the land, and named the new town "Prague" for the Czech capital in Europe, then part of Austria-Hungary. The town incorporated in 1902.
On May 24, 1952, a head-on automobile collision seriously injured Indian mystic Meher Baba near Prague.
On November 5, 2011 a series of earthquakes struck near Prague, the first one a magnitude 4.7 at 2:15 AM CST, followed by a series of aftershocks, and then a second quake of magnitude 5.7 at 10:53 PM CST, the strongest recorded in Oklahoma history until a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred on September 3, 2016. This continued on November 7, 2011 when another 4.7 hit at 8:45 PM, just five miles northwest of Prague.
An F5 tornado tore through Prague on May 5, 1960.
Prague is located at 35°29′10″N 96°41′16″W / 35.48611°N 96.68778°W (35.486092, -96.687792).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all of it land.
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