Verdigris, Oklahoma

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Verdigris, Oklahoma
settlement_type = Town
nickname = "South Claremore"
postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 74019
area_code = 918
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 40-14700GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1091382GR|3
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Oklahoma
subdivision_name2 = Rogers
government_type =
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Keith Crawford
established_title = Incorporated
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population_as_of = 2003
population_total = 1951
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timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
area_land_sq_mi = 12.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2
elevation_m = 185.93
elevation_ft = 610
latd = 36 |latm = 18 |lats = 55 |latNS = N
longd = 95 |longm = 36 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

Verdigris is an incorporated town [cite web | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html | title = Boundary Changes | work = Geographic Change Notes: Oklahoma | publisher = Population Division, United States Census Bureau | date = 2006-05-19 | accessdate = 2008-07-13] in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States, in the Tulsa metropolitan area. [ [http://www.townofverdigris.com/faq/faq.htm Frequently Asked Questions ] ] It straddles former U.S. Highway 66 (now State Highway 66) between Catoosa and Claremore.

The latitude of Verdigris is 36.234N. The longitude is -95.69W.

The community was named for the Verdigris River; the river name derives from French terms for "green" and "gray." For years, influential citizens in Rogers County have recommended renaming Verdigris "South Claremore".

In Kurt Vonnegut's short story Armageddon in Retrospect, published in his final book of the same name, Verdigris is featured as the headquarters of the United Nations Demonological Investigating Committee, or UNDICO.

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