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Website. www.cityoftulsa.org. Tulsa (/ ˈtʌlsə / TULL-sə) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. [ 5 ] It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area, a region with 1,034,123 ...
The term Bible Belt refers to a region of the Southern United States and the Midwestern state of Missouri (which also has significant Southern influence), where Protestantism exerts a strong social and cultural influence. The region has been described as one of the most socially conservative across the United States due to a significant impact ...
The Unchurched Belt is a region of the US that has low rates of religious participation. The term derives from Bible Belt and the idea of the unchurched. The belt was originally found in the West and Northwestern United States, but has moved over the decades. The term was first applied to the West Coast of the United States in 1985 by Rodney ...
African Americans. The Black Belt in the American South refers to the social history, especially concerning slavery and black workers, of the geological region known as the Black Belt. The geology emphasizes the highly fertile black soil. Historically, the black belt economy was based on cotton plantations – along with some tobacco plantation ...
The Golden Driller is a 75-foot-tall (23 m), 43,500-pound (19,700 kg) [1] statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, depicting an oil worker. The structure is a steel frame covered with concrete and plaster. [ 2 ] It is the sixth-tallest statue in the United States and has been located in front of the Tulsa Expo Center since 1966.
At approximately 5:30 a.m. on December 30, 1999, a passerby called 9-1-1 reporting that the Freeman home was engulfed in flames. [8] Law enforcement determined the fire had been an arson. [8] Inside the home, the charred remains of Kathy were discovered lying on the floor of her bedroom; she had been shot in the head. [8]
In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has also been referred to as the Book of Mormon belt , [ 4 ] and the Jell-O belt , these being cultural references to the Bible Belt of the Southeastern United States , and the Book of Mormon , along with the perceived favor Mormons have for Jell-O .
Tulsa, the state's second-largest city, home to Oral Roberts University, is sometimes called the "buckle of the Bible Belt". [ 122 ] [ 123 ] In 2000, there were about 5,000 Jews and 6,000 Muslims, with ten congregations to each group.