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Chinatown, Oklahoma City
USINFO | 2013-05-27 09:28
The U.S. city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma once had a Chinatown that existed from the 1870s "... below 14 S Robinson Ave" according to the Oklahoman, the city newspaper. The population of the Chinatown was somewhere between 200 to 250 Chinese people.
History
Many Chinese who came to Oklahoma City did so from the U.S. state of California, with many specifically from San Francisco. Many of the Chinese were "discreet" and chose to "avoid attention" by "...living underground."
Asia District
Around the mid-1980s, a new area known as Asia District (then a Little Saigon) was home to more than 17,000 Vietnamese refugees that inhabited the area at that time. At the time, the area represented a new trend in major cities in the United States that traditionally have not had a concentrated Asian population. The area was previously a blighted urban area near Oklahoma City University and is now inhabited by Vietnamese or Chinese American immigrants.
History
Many Chinese who came to Oklahoma City did so from the U.S. state of California, with many specifically from San Francisco. Many of the Chinese were "discreet" and chose to "avoid attention" by "...living underground."
Asia District
Around the mid-1980s, a new area known as Asia District (then a Little Saigon) was home to more than 17,000 Vietnamese refugees that inhabited the area at that time. At the time, the area represented a new trend in major cities in the United States that traditionally have not had a concentrated Asian population. The area was previously a blighted urban area near Oklahoma City University and is now inhabited by Vietnamese or Chinese American immigrants.
