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Bernice, Oklahoma : ウィキペディア英語版 | Bernice, Oklahoma
Bernice is a town in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census, an increase of 11.5 percent from 504 at the 2000 census.〔(CnsusViewer: Population of the City of Bernice, Oklahoma )〕 The town is now primarily a vacation and retirement area. It claims to be the "Crappie Fishing Capital of the World."〔(Sharon Koons, "Bernice." ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. ) Accessed July 19, 2012.〕 ==History== Bernice was founded in 1912, after Rose Mode and Charles Lee bought sixty acres of land in the Horse Creek Basin of northeastern Delaware County. The town was named for Mode's daughter, Bernice. A post office was established on February 12, 1913, and the town soon become a local agricultural center.〔 The population declined from 198 in 1920 to 162 in 1930, and 91 in 1940. After World War II, population growth rebounded to 318 in 1980.〔 Construction of Pensacola Dam and Grand Lake o' the Cherokees put the original town in a flood plain, so the residents moved to high ground outside the proposed lake.〔
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