Cardin, Oklahoma
Cardin, Oklahoma | |
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A view of downtown Cardin in 2008. | |
Location within Ottawa County and the state of Oklahoma showing former municipal boundaries | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′32″N 94°51′6″W / 36.97556°N 94.85167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Ottawa |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 810 ft (247 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 0 |
| • Density | 0.0/sq mi (0.0/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 74335 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-11900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1090958 |
Cardin is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 150 at the 2000 census, but declined all the way to a population of 3 at the 2010 census in April 2010. By November of 2010, the population of the town was listed as zero.
A former center of zinc and lead mining in northeastern Oklahoma, the town is located within the Tar Creek Superfund site designated in 1983 because of extensive environmental contamination. The vast majority of its residents accepted federal buyout offers of their properties, and the town's population officially had declined to zero in November 2010.