Bridge Creek, Oklahoma
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Bridge Creek is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 336, a 0% change from 2010.[1]
History
Bridge Creek was incorporated as a town in 2000.[2][3] The town proper and the unincorporated areas that its limits enclose are part of a rapidly growing area of northern McClain and Grady counties known as the "Tri-City Area" with Newcastle, Tuttle, and Blanchard.[4]
Bridge Creek was one of several communities hardest hit by an F5 tornado in the deadly May 3, 1999, tornado outbreak. At least 11 people died in the Bridge Creek area. Doppler weather radar measured wind speeds of Template:Cvt in this tornado when it was near Bridge Creek. This tornado currently stands with the highest rated windspeed recorded on Earth.[5]
The town was hit again by an EF3 tornado on May 6, 2015, 16 years and 3 days after the 1999 tornado. Homes were destroyed or heavily damaged.[6][7]
Geography
Bridge Creek is bordered to the north, west, and southwest by the city of Tuttle, to the south by the city of Blanchard, and to the east by the city of Newcastle in McClain County.
Interstate 44, the H. E. Bailey Turnpike, forms the southeastern border of the town, leading northeast Script error: No such module "convert". to downtown Oklahoma City and southwest Script error: No such module "convert". to Chickasha, the Grady County seat. Oklahoma State Highway 4, the H. E. Bailey Turnpike Norman Spur, leads north through the center of Bridge Creek and continues north Script error: No such module "convert". to Mustang.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Bridge Creek has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all land.[1]
Demographics
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| 2000 | 36 | — | |
| 2010 | 336 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 336 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
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References
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- ↑ Gov. Mary Fallin Surveys Storm Damage In Bridge Creek Template:Webarchive. newson6.com (May 7, 2015). Retrieved on May 3, 2017.
- ↑ Tornado Outbreak Wreaks Havoc Across Great Plains; Multiple Injuries Reported Template:Webarchive. Weather Channel (May 7, 2015). Retrieved on May 3, 2017.
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External links
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