Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Bartlesville is a city located in Oklahoma. Bartlesville is forty-seven miles North of Tulsa and very close to the Kansas/Oklahoma state line. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 34,748. It is the county seat of Washington CountyTemplate:GR. The city extends west so that it is partially located in Osage County, Oklahoma.
Bartlesville is notable for being the longtime home of Phillips Petroleum Company (now merged with Conoco as ConocoPhillips). Frank Phillips, who has a principal street named after him (the hospital is named after his wife Jane), founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905 when the area was still Indian Territory. Phillips has always been the top employer. Chiefly white-collar workers are employed by the company in Bartlesville, because most of the industrial extraction and refining work is done elsewhere in the state and throughout the world.
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In spite of its relatively small size and proximity to Tulsa, Bartlesville has a daily newspaper, the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.
Bartlesville is one of two places in Oklahoma where a Lenape tribe lives, the other being Anadarko.
Bartlesville is home to the Price Tower, the only skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that was actually built.
Frank Phillips's home in Bartlesville is now a house museum that is maintained by the Oklahoma Historical Society. His ranch, Woolaroc, about 10 miles south-east of Bartlesville contains a museum of his art collection, and is also a big-game preserve with many native and exotic animals such as American Bison, Elk, and Zebra.
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Schools
The public school system in Bartlesville has two high schools. However, rather than have two four-grade high schools, the city splits them into "Bartlesville Mid-High" with a 9th and 10th grade, and "Bartlesville High School" with 11th and 12th grade. Therefore, all public school students must attend the mid-high on the east side and the high school on the west side in order to graduate.
Bartlesville is home to Oklahoma Wesleyan University, a private religious school that affiliates itself with the Wesleyan Church. Enrollment is about 600. There is also a campus of Rogers State University where approximately 400 students are enrolled. Rogers has acquired the Reda Building in downtown Bartlesvillle and will transfer classes and administration there in fall of 2005,
Geography
Bartlesville is located at 36°44'50" North, 95°57'34" West (36.747193, -95.959498)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 54.7 km² (21.1 mi²). 54.7 km² (21.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.09% water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 34,748 people, 14,565 households, and 9,831 families residing in the city. The population density is 635.5/km² (1,646.4/mi²). There are 16,091 housing units at an average density of 294.3/km² (762.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 82.09% White, 3.20% African American, 7.18% Native American, 0.96% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.02% from other races, and 5.54% from two or more races. 3.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 14,565 households out of which 30.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% are non-families. 29.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.35 and the average family size is 2.89.
In the city the population is spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $35,827, and the median income for a family is $44,617. Males have a median income of $35,699 versus $23,071 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,195. 12.7% of the population and 9.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 16.8% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
"The Nexus"
Bartlesville also happens to be the home of a very strong underground punk, hardcore, alternative, and emo music scene, mostly centering around a Christian-oriented venue called "The Wherehouse" which was started in 1990 by Tim Cook. Cook went on to start Cook Management with Australian native Tim Ottley. Clientele of Cook Management includes Blindside, Project 86, and P.O.D.
In addition to the Wherehouse, Bartlesville also hosts the venue "US75", named after the highway that connects Bartlesville and Tulsa, OK. US75 has hosted numerous underground punk bands and local talent.
Due to the obscurity of an underground music scene in a place as rural as Bartlesville, OK, it has often been nicknamed "The Nexus" by participants in the scene.
Outside Links
- Bartlesville City Homepage (http://www.bartlesville.com/)
- Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise Newspaper (http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/)
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University (http://www.okwu.edu/)
- Rogers State University Bartlesville (http://www.rsu.edu/bville/)
- Bartlesville History and Nostalgia Books (http://www.bartlesvillebooks.com/)
- The Wherehouse (http://www.wherehouseconcerts.com/)