Woodville, Oklahoma
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New Woodville is a town in Marshall County
Marshall County, Oklahoma
Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 13,184. Its county seat is Madill. The county's population grew at a rate of 35% in the 1990s and now it has a new population estimate at 20,000. Marshall County is the fastest growing county in...

, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

, United States
United States
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. The population was 69 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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. Proposals to annex the unincorporated areas of New Woodville and McBride on the shores of Lake Texoma
Lake Texoma
Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th largest Corps of Engineers lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District....

 were considered in the past. Listed erroneously by the Census Bureau as "Woodville" for many years, the town's name was finally corrected in Census Bureau listings in 2005.

Geography

New Woodville is located at 33°58′7"N 96°39′15"W (33.968724, -96.654078).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²), all of it land.

Armstrong Road, Durham Street, and Lee Ann Drive are north of the Kiamichi Railroad
Kiamichi Railroad
The Kiamichi Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma.KRR operates two lines totaling which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional of track....

 which do not have a bypass because they do not connect to any other streets.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 69 people, 27 households, and 18 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 605.8 people per square mile (242.2/km²). There were 37 housing units at an average density of 324.9 per square mile (129.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.55% White and 1.45% Native American. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.90% of the population.

There were 27 households out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 18.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the town the population was spread out with 34.8% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 7.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 86.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 125.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $9,375, and the median income for a family was $9,375. Males had a median income of $15,625 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $5,438. There were 52.9% of families and 47.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including 36.8% are under age 18 and 57.1% of those over age 64.

History

An earlier Oklahoma community named Woodville was submerged in 1944 when the Red River was dammed to create Lake Texoma.
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