Editing Stringtown, Oklahoma (section)

{{Short description|Town in Oklahoma, US}}
{{Other uses|Stringtown (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Stringtown, Oklahoma
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
|image_skyline            = Stringtown 1978.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = A view of the town in 1978 looking towards the old post office
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|image_map                = OKMap-doton-Stringtown.PNG
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Stringtown, Oklahoma
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oklahoma|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Oklahoma]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Atoka County, Oklahoma|Atoka]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Mayor and Chairman of Water Department 
|leader_name              = Robert Smith
|established_title        = 
|established_date         = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 5.44
|area_total_km2           = 14.09
|area_land_sq_mi          = 5.39
|area_land_km2            = 13.95
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.05
|area_water_km2           = 0.14
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_note          = 
|population_total         = 419
|population_metro         = 
|population_urban         = 
|population_density_km2   = 30.03
|population_density_sq_mi = 77.79
|timezone                 = CST
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|coordinates             = {{coord|34|28|12|N|96|03|18|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 653
|website                  = 
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 74569
|area_code                = [[Area code 580|580]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 40-70850<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2413343<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2413343}}</ref>
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|population_footnotes = 
}}

'''Stringtown''' is a town in [[Atoka County, Oklahoma|Atoka County]], [[Oklahoma]], United States. The population was 419 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=Stringtown%20town,%20Oklahoma|title=Stringtown (town), Oklahoma|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> which was a 2.2% increase over the population of 410 reported at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4070850|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200301/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4070850|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Stringtown town, Oklahoma|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder|access-date=July 16, 2013}}</ref> which itself was an increase of 3.5% from the figure of 396 recorded in 2000. It is the second largest town in Atoka County.

The town is notable for the '''Mack H. Alford Correctional Center''', a medium-security prison operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, just outside Stringtown.