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Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of the Texas state line. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 5,166.
Irving, Texas has entered negotiations with the Hugo to obtain a supply of fresh water by building a pipeline and purchasing excess water from Hugo Lake. In 2002 the Oklahoma state legislature passed a moratorium on water sales outside the state. Hugo sued the state in federal court citing that the state's moratorium is unconstitutional. [6]
Choctaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,204. [1] Its county seat is Hugo. [2]Formerly part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory, this county was reorganized and redefined in 1907, at the time of Oklahoma statehood.
The Hugo Historic District in Hugo, Oklahoma is a 20 acres (8.1 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Choctaw County, Oklahoma in 1980. [1] It is located at U.S. 70 and U.S. 271. The district is a 12 block area including 64 buildings, most built between 1900 and 1920.
The southern extension opened in 1970, and is the 64.1-mile (103.2 km) segment from the US 69 junction to US 70/271 in Hugo. [2] On December 2, 2014, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approved funds to reconstruct the Eufaula interchange, demolishing the Eufaula service plaza and relocating the toll plaza to where the service plaza once stood. [3]
The Rose Hill Plantation is a historic plantation located in Hugo, Oklahoma, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The slave plantation is notable for having been owned by Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma senator and Confederate politician Robert McDonald Jones. [1]
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On October 29, 1961, President John F. Kennedy visited Big Cedar, east of Talihina, Oklahoma to give a speech marking the opening of U.S. Route 259. [13] In August 1975 the Kiamichi River made national news when its bottomlands were the scene of a days-long hunt for two elephants that had escaped from a circus in Hugo, Oklahoma.