Chiloquin, Oregon Chiloquin Chiloquin, Oregon Flag of Chiloquin State Oregon Website City of Chiloquin Chiloquin (/ t l kw n/ chil- -kwin) (Klamath: mbosaksawaas, "flint place" ) is a town/city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
Chiloquin was the pioneer version of a Klamath family name Chaloquin, which was the name of a Klamath chief who was alive at the time of the treaty of 1864. Southern Pacific records also show that a woman titled Bessie Chiloquin deeded a right-of-way through the region to the barns on February 14, 1914. The populace was 734 at the 2010 census.
Chiloquin is at an altitude of 4,180 feet (1,270 m) in Klamath County. The town/city slightly east of U.S.
Route 97, slightly north of its intersection with Oregon Route 62. A short east west highway, Oregon Route 422, links Route 97 at Chiloquin to Route 62 slightly south of Klamath Agency. By highway, Chiloquin is about 26 miles (42 km) north of Klamath Falls and 253 miles (407 km) south of Portland. The Williamson River flows north south through Chiloquin, where it receives the Sprague River from the east. The town/city is near the Winema National Forest, which approaches it from the east and west. Agency Lake is nearby, west of the town/city and slightly west of Route 62. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 0.82 square miles (2.12 km2), all of it land. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Chiloquin has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Climate data for Chiloquin (0) 0 (0) 0 Average rain days 12 11 11 9 7 5 3 3 4 6 12 13 96 As of the census of 2010, there were 734 citizens , 281 homeholds, and 179 families residing in the city.
There were 356 housing units at an average density of 434.1 per square mile (167.6/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 49.2% Native American, 40.7% White, 0.1% African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.5% from other competitions, and 9.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 281 homeholds of which 31.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 36.3% were married couples living together, 19.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 36.3% were non-families.
31.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.26.
The median age in the town/city was 41.9 years.
27% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.6% were from 25 to 44; 30.9% were from 45 to 64; and 15% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 716 citizens , 257 homeholds, and 173 families residing in the city.
There were 290 housing units at an average density of 360.5 per square mile (140.0/km ).
According to responses provided by Chiloquin inhabitants who participated in the census, the demographic makeup of the town/city was 51.54% Native American, 42.60% White, 5.31% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 0.14% Asian, and 1.26% from other competitions.
There were 257 homeholds out of which 40.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.3% were married couples living together, 21.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 32.3% were non-families, 24.1% were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.34.
The age distribution was 34.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $20,688, and the median income for a family was $21,250.
About 33.5% of families and 31.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 42.3% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.
Chiloquin High School, for students in grades 7 through 12, is in the city, as is Chiloquin Elementary, for students in kindergarten through undertaking 6. As of 2002, the four biggest employers in Chiloquin were Weyerhaeuser (plywood, pressed board), Jeld-Wen (windows, door frames), Klamath Tribes (management, community services), and Klamath County Schools. The Train Mountain Miniature Railroad in Chiloquin is, as stated to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest hobby stockyards fitness in the world. It includes a stockyards exhibition, 25 miles (40 km) of total track, and trains that a person can straddle and ride.
Collier Memorial State Park is about 3 miles (5 km) north of Chiloquin along Route 97. Kla-Mo-Ya Casino and Travel Center, owned and directed by the Klamath Tribes, is about 2 miles (3 km) south of Chiloquin along Route 97. Chiloquin State Airport "Incorporated Cities: Chiloqin".
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Climate Summary for Chiloquin, Oregon "CHILOQUIN 12 NW, OR (351574)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Chiloquin High School".
"Chiloquin Elementary".
City of Chiloquin.
Media related to Chiloquin, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons Entry for Chiloquin in the Oregon Blue Book Chiloquin improve website Municipalities and communities of Klamath County, Oregon, United States
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