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Checotah, Oklahoma
Checotah is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for Samuel Checote, the first chief of the Creek Nation elected after the Civil War. Its population was 3,018 at the 2020 census, down from 3,335 in 2010.
Checotah is home to numerous antique malls, a Civil War battle site, and a downtown historic district. Checotah claims to be the steer wrestling capital of the world. Early boosters called Checotah "The Gem of the Prairie".
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (also known as the MKT or Katy) established a railhead on the old Texas Road in 1872 that became the site of present-day Checotah. Although it was named "Checote Switch" for Samuel Checote, a later mapmaker spelled the name as Checotah. The town was chartered by the Creek Nation in 1893. The Dawes Commission held its first meeting here.
Between 1907 and 1909, the people of Checotah were involved in a dispute with nearby Eufaula known as the McIntosh County Seat War. After Checotah was designated as the new county seat, the people of Eufaula refused to hand over the county records. Soon after, a group of heavily armed men from Checotah attempted to seize the records from the courthouse in Eufaula, but were beaten back and forced to surrender during the gunfight that followed. Eufaula was designated as the permanent seat of McIntosh County one year later.
Checotah was on the route of the Jefferson Highway established in 1915, with that road running more than 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Checotah is located in northeastern McIntosh County at an elevation of 652 feet (199 m) northeast of the intersection of Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 69. I-40 leads east 65 miles (105 km) to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and west 116 miles (187 km) to Oklahoma City, while US 69 leads north 22 miles (35 km) to Muscogee and south 13 miles (21 km) to Eufaula.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.0 sq mi (23 km2), of which 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2), or 0.71%, are covered by water. Eufaula Lake, a reservoir on the Canadian River, is the largest-capacity lake wholly within the state of Oklahoma and is 5 miles (8 km) to the west of Checotah.
As of the census of 2000, 3,481 people, 1,389 households, and 912 families were residing in the city. The population density was 389.3 inhabitants per square mile (150.3/km2). The 1,576 housing units had an average density of 176.3 per square mile (68.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 67.91% White, 6.92% African American, 15.91% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 8.53% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.29% of the population.
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Checotah, Oklahoma
Checotah is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for Samuel Checote, the first chief of the Creek Nation elected after the Civil War. Its population was 3,018 at the 2020 census, down from 3,335 in 2010.
Checotah is home to numerous antique malls, a Civil War battle site, and a downtown historic district. Checotah claims to be the steer wrestling capital of the world. Early boosters called Checotah "The Gem of the Prairie".
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (also known as the MKT or Katy) established a railhead on the old Texas Road in 1872 that became the site of present-day Checotah. Although it was named "Checote Switch" for Samuel Checote, a later mapmaker spelled the name as Checotah. The town was chartered by the Creek Nation in 1893. The Dawes Commission held its first meeting here.
Between 1907 and 1909, the people of Checotah were involved in a dispute with nearby Eufaula known as the McIntosh County Seat War. After Checotah was designated as the new county seat, the people of Eufaula refused to hand over the county records. Soon after, a group of heavily armed men from Checotah attempted to seize the records from the courthouse in Eufaula, but were beaten back and forced to surrender during the gunfight that followed. Eufaula was designated as the permanent seat of McIntosh County one year later.
Checotah was on the route of the Jefferson Highway established in 1915, with that road running more than 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to New Orleans, Louisiana.
Checotah is located in northeastern McIntosh County at an elevation of 652 feet (199 m) northeast of the intersection of Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 69. I-40 leads east 65 miles (105 km) to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and west 116 miles (187 km) to Oklahoma City, while US 69 leads north 22 miles (35 km) to Muscogee and south 13 miles (21 km) to Eufaula.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.0 sq mi (23 km2), of which 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2), or 0.71%, are covered by water. Eufaula Lake, a reservoir on the Canadian River, is the largest-capacity lake wholly within the state of Oklahoma and is 5 miles (8 km) to the west of Checotah.
As of the census of 2000, 3,481 people, 1,389 households, and 912 families were residing in the city. The population density was 389.3 inhabitants per square mile (150.3/km2). The 1,576 housing units had an average density of 176.3 per square mile (68.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 67.91% White, 6.92% African American, 15.91% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 8.53% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.29% of the population.
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