Cottonwood, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

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Cottonwood, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
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Cottonwood
Location within the state of Oklahoma
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Cottonwood
Cottonwood (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°22′06″N94°32′57″W / 35.36833°N 94.54917°W / 35.36833; -94.54917
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County Sequoyah
Elevation
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486 ft (148 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1100327 [1]

Cottonwood is an unincorporated community in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. [2] It is located four miles south of Muldrow, [3] near the Oklahoma-Arkansas border. [4]

History

A post office operated in Cottonwood from March 3, 1882 to June 15, 1909. [3] The area that became Coal County, including Sequoyah, became part of Cherokee Nation in 1829. [4] Between the Civil War and Oklahoma Statehood in 1907, Cottonwood was populated primarily by white intruders who had illegally entered Cherokee Nation. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cottonwood, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
  3. 1 2 Shirk, George. Oklahoma Place Names, 2nd ed. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, Oklahoma. 1987. p.60.
  4. 1 2 3 Mize, Richard. "Sequoyah County," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society, Accessed July 1, 2015.


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