Skiatook (Skī·ǎ·tōōk or Skī·ǎ·tǒǒk versus Skī·tōōk or Skī·tǒǒk) is a city in Osage and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma located in the northeastern part of the state, approximately 20 miles north and west of Tulsa. Due to its location on the border between Osage County and Tulsa County, Skiatook has been referred to as "the Gateway to the Osage." The town includes the state highway junction of Oklahoma State Highway 11 and Oklahoma State Highway 20. The population was 8,450 at the 2020 census, an increase of 14.24 percent over the figure of 7,397 recorded in 2010.

The Battle of Chustenahlah was fought just west of Skiatook, on December 26, 1861, during the American Civil War. The battle began when Confederate Col. James McIntosh ordered an attack on the Union aligned Creek Chief Opothleyahola's forces. Opothleyahola was travelling with about 1,700 Creek and Seminole refugees following his defeat at the Battle of Chusto-Talasah. After being defeated by the Confederate forces, many refugees were forced to abandoned their supplies as they fled to Kansas. A historical marker commemorates the battle.

In 1880, a trading post was opened by William Charles Rogers on the south bank of Bird Creek, several miles north of present-day Skiatook. On March 12, 1880, a post office was established in Rogers former trading post under the name of ski-a-took, Cherokee nation. The word is Cherokee in origin, and means "Big-Indian-Me" or refers to something of large size. By order of the U.S. postal service, on April 11, 1892, the name officially became Skiatook. December 18, 1904, Rogers moved his store and the post office to present day Skiatook. After being elected the Cherokee Chair in 1904, Rogers remained in Skiatook until his death in 1917.

Built it 1886 and ran by the Friends Society of Philadelphia 4 miles north of the main area of Skiatook to serve to convert local native groups. The mission school first started by Simon Abbot in 1880 and then By John Murdok in 1882. Under Murdok a church was added and expanded the dormitory wings of the school and the addition of a gymnasium. On the property is a ceremonial Cherokee burial site though there has not been any account found of any abuses to its native students the school. The school served both white students as well native ones, with majority of its student base being mixed raced of native/white students who already spoke some English. Many children who attended the school parents were settlers just coming into the territory working on farms nearby the school. The school seemed to have ceased operations by 1920, an article in The Daily Oklahoman in 1957 published a story of ex-students who remarked on having attended the school as children

1904 plats were laid out for business to build on and soon many businesses opened including the town bank by William C Rogers under the name "Skiatook Bank" and then changed later to "First National Bank". Starting in 1911 expansions for the bank marked the moment of significance to its commercial contribution to Skiatook for the early 20th century. going from $5,000 in stock 1905 to $10,000 in 1911. By 1921 stock amassed to $25,000. In 1930 owner ship of the bank was taken over by Alex Fox who renamed it to "Exchange Bank of Skiatook". in 1950 the bank was relocated to a different building and the original space served different commercial business until it became permanently vacant. The original building as September 2025 remains lists as an official historical site by the Oklahoma Historical Society

In March 1905 the Midland Valley Railroad was built through the town and the settlement expanded to include parts of Osage County and the Osage Nation. The route no longer exists, but has been converted from rail into the 14.5 mile Osage Prairie Trail linking Skiatook with Tulsa to the south.

Skiatook's first newspaper, the Skiatook Sentinel, began publication in April 1905, however publication ceased in 1912, and was replaced by the Skiatook Journal which now resides under the Tulsa World. Skiatook's first school was also founded in 1905 and elected its first school board in 1907. The school was located in a house on the southeast corner of 4th and Broadway.

After Oklahoma Statehood in 1907, construction began on permanent roads and bridges. The first church building constructed in Skiatook was the First Christian Church in 1907. Cement sidewalks were constructed between 1909 and 1910, and in 1912 Skiatook received water, sewer and electric light improvements. By 1920, the towns population had increased to around 2000. A road to Tulsa was paved in the early 1920s, and with good roads leading out in all directions, Skiatook became known as the "Gateway to all points North, South, East and West". In the 1930s, Skiatook began purchasing water from Lake Spavinaw. The completion of Skiatook Lake in 1984 gave Skiatook its own water source.