What is the population of Amber, Oklahoma?

Amber has a population of approximately 445 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Amber, Oklahoma located?

Amber is located in Oklahoma, United States, at approximate coordinates 35.1602°, -97.8821°.

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Amber

Total population

445

Air quality index

53Moderate

Elevation383 m

Land area10.27 km²

Weather74°F · Clear

Coordinates35.16°, -97.88°

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Elevation

383 m

Area

10.27 km²

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Overview

Amber is a town in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. Part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, it lies along State Highway 92, about 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Oklahoma City and 8 miles (13 km) north of Chickasha, Oklahoma. Established in the early 1900s as a railroad community, Amber was incorporated in 1970 and had a population of 413 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

History

Amber developed as a rural community in Grady County, Oklahoma, located along the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway about eight miles north of Chickasha, Oklahoma. The completion of the Frisco rail line and the establishment of the Amber post office occurred in 1903. Railroad workers named the town “Amber” after the goldenrod flowers that colored the countryside in autumn. In 1906, Lena Chastain, a Choctaw landowner, sold the abstract of title for the townsite. W. T. Cloud purchased land east of the rail station, dug the town water well, and opened a store, school, and livery barn. The first school was a subscription school serving children of railroad workers. By 1909, population growth required a five-room school building, which also hosted Baptist, Methodist, and Holiness congregations on alternating Sundays. Amber School became the first consolidated school in Oklahoma in 1912 when it merged with the Askew and Drennan districts. Enrollment peaked at 499 students during the 1929–30 school year. In 1965, Amber and Pocasset consolidated their schools, bringing nineteen small districts together to form the Amber-Pocasset School District. Amber's early economy centered on agriculture, with local farmers producing cotton, corn, wheat, oats, and alfalfa. By 1908, the town supported grain elevators, a cotton gin, the Amber Hotel, Amber State Bank, a blacksmith shop, general stores, lumberyards, and a drug store. The community newspaper was the Amber Press. Amber incorporated as a town in July 1970. Its population grew from 416 in 1980 to 490 in 2000, then declined to 419 in 2010 and 413 in 2020.

Geography

Amber is located in northern Grady County, Oklahoma, approximately north of Chickasha, Oklahoma and southwest of Oklahoma City. The town lies along State Highway 92 in a predominantly rural area of central Oklahoma. According to the United States Census Bureau, Amber has a total area of , all land. The elevation is approximately above sea level. Amber is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and lies within the Red Bed Plains region of the Great Plains, characterized by gently rolling terrain and mixed-grass prairie.

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