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1935
US weather bureau, Beaver, OK, April 1935, 1935
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About Beaver
Town in Oklahoma, USBeaver is a town in and the county seat of Beaver County, Oklahoma, United States, in the Oklahoma Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,280. Beaver hosts the annual World Cow Chip Throwing Championship. Originally known as Beaver City, the town began as the site of a fur trading post in 1879 and was planned to be the capital of the proposed Cimarron Territory. The Federal government never recognized the proposed territory, but Beaver remained a center of business and law enforcement in the area. In 1890 it became the seat of Seventh County, encompassing the entire Oklahoma Panhandle, and later the county seat of Beaver County.
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Housing in Beaver
The typical Beaver home is worth about $104,000, down 5.6% in a year, 54% below the Oklahoma typical home.
Safety in Beaver
Safety Grade C-
Beaver reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 77% report less.
Health in Beaver
Health Grade C−
Healthier than 21% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 38% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Oklahoma
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 24 are too close to call.
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Schools in Beaver
All Beaver schools →School Grade B
The public schools Beaver’s kids attend outperform 55% of Oklahoma’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within OK. Ratings are from neighbors.
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