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Okmulgee County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,706. The county seat is Okmulgee. Located within the Muscogee Nation Reservation, the county was created at statehood in 1907. The name Okmulgee is derived from the Hitchita word okimulgi, meaning "boiling waters".
McIntosh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,941. Its county seat is Eufaula. The county is named for an influential Muscogee Creek family, whose members led the migration of the Lower Towns to Indian Territory and served as leaders for generations.
Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,179 as of the 2020 census. Beggs was named for Charles Hoffman Beggs (1865–1942), vice president of the St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railway.
Okmulgee is a city in the Tulsa metropolitan area and the county seat of Okmulgee County in Oklahoma, United States. The name is from the Muskogee word okimulgi, which means "boiling waters". The site was chosen because of the nearby rivers and springs. Okmulgee is 38 miles south of Tulsa and 13 miles north of Henryetta via US-75.
Lone Tree is a community in eastern Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States, approximately seven and one-half miles from Morris, traveling east on U.S. Route 62, then south on N4080 Rd. It was named for a "lone tree" sitting on the skyline of a mountain. Lone Tree Church is also located in this area near the so-called High Spring Mountains.
Preston is an unincorporated community located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 169 at the 2020 census. The post office was established December 13, 1909. It was named for an Okmulgee oilman, Harry Preston.
The Deep Fork River is an Oklahoma tributary of the North Canadian River. The headwaters flow from northern Oklahoma City and the river empties into the North Canadian River, now impounded by Lake Eufaula.
Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district is one of five United States congressional districts in Oklahoma and covers approximately one-fourth of the state in the east. The district borders Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas and includes a total of 24 counties. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+29, it is the most Republican district in Oklahoma, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.
The Eastside Baptist Church in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a historic Baptist church located at 219 N. Osage Avenue.
Nuyaka is a populated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is approximately 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) south-southwest of Beggs and is west of the city of Okmulgee off SH-56. The Old Nuyaka Cemetery and the Nuyaka Mission site are southwest of town. The elevation is 735 feet (224 m) and the coordinates are latitude 35.653 and longitude -96.14. It was notable as the center of traditionalist opposition to the Creek national government during the late 19th century.
Eram is an unincorporated community in Okmulgee County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is located approximately five miles east of Morris, to the north of US Highway 62. The town had a post office starting in 1913, but ending in 1950.
Coalton is a populated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It is less than 11 miles south of the City of Okmulgee, and just east of US Route 62/US Route 75. In the Henryetta Coal Formation coal-mining region and an oil-producing area, the town in its heyday had its own newspaper, The Coalton Enterprise, and was along the route of the shortline Coalton Railway, later called the Okmulgee Northern Railway, which operated from Okmulgee south along the Deep Fork River carrying the coal out of the Coalton, Schulter and Dewar producing areas from 1916 to 1964. The Thirty-sixth annual report of the Department of Mines and Minerals from 1943 shows production by two coal companies in Coalton—Coalton Coal Company and Davis Coal Company—of almost 17,000 tons annually.
Kusa is a populated place located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, about 4 miles east-northeast of Henryetta. Officially incorporated March 27, 1916, and located in the Henryetta Coal Mining District, Kusa became a coal mining and lead smelting boomtown, complete with movie theaters, hotels, and banks. It even had its own newspaper, The Kusa Industrial, which published between 1914 and 1920. The population grew to a size of about 3,500, making it the largest town in the county at one point.
Spelter City is a populated place within the city of Henryetta, Oklahoma. It is located northeast of Henryetta’s town center, and west of Dewar, Oklahoma.
Bald Hill, or Baldhill, is a community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It is located about 15 miles northeast of the City of Okmulgee, the county seat, off of Oklahoma State Highway 16. A post office was established here in 1896, but was closed in 1908. Nevertheless, the town was fueled by oil money, and had a population of 150 in 1923.
Dighton is a populated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. It is about 7 miles east-northeast of Henryetta, Oklahoma, and is located south of US Route 266 on Bartlett Road.
Wilson, is an unincorporated community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, located about 7 miles northwest of the center of Henryetta, Oklahoma, located off Wilson Road. This is not to be confused with the Wilson in Carter County, Oklahoma southeast of Healdton nor the Wilson in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
Sunrise is an unincorporated place in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, at an elevation of 610 feet. It is located just to the east of Dewar.
Gulftown is an unincorporated community in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, at an elevation of 610 feet. It is located about two miles east of Dewar, Oklahoma. It is centered around the corner of Hackberry Road and Arbeka Road, being both south and east of US Route 266.
Winchester is a populated place in Woods County, Oklahoma. It is located at an elevation of 1,483 feet at a point 9.1 miles west-southwest of Hardtner, Kansas, and 12 miles northwest of the Woods County seat of Alva, Oklahoma.
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- ↑ "Natura". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Natura (in Okmulgee County, OK) Populated Place Profile". HomeTownLocator.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Okmulgee, Oklahoma to Natura, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
- ↑ Carson, Mary L. (1987). A Guide to Treasure in Oklahoma, Volume 3. Carson Enterprises Inc. pp. 336–339. ISBN 0-941620-38-7.
- ↑ "Okmulgee County". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Get vineyard experience". Molly Day, Muskogee Phoenix, March 5, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Natura Baptist Church". FourSquare.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
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