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The Poteau post office opened in 1887 and the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (acquired by the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1900) began serving the town in 1896. [8] In 1900, the Federal Court of Indian Territory was moved from Cameron, Oklahoma to Poteau. The Poteau News was first published in 1905. Other modern improvements during ...
LeFlore County is a county along the eastern border of the U.S state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,129. [1] Its county seat is Poteau. [2] The county is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the name honors a Choctaw family named LeFlore. [3]
Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas–Oklahoma state border, situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it was also a center of fur trading.
The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a five-county area including three Arkansas counties and two Oklahoma counties, and anchored by the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
McAlester is the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. [5] The population was 18,363 at the time of the 2010 census, a 3.4 percent increase from 17,783 at the 2000 census. [6]
The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Oklahoma was 3,911,338 on July 1, 2015, a 4.26% increase since the 2010 United States Census. [2]According to the U.S. Census, as of 2010, Oklahoma has a historical estimated population of 3,751,351 which is an increase of 300,058 or 8.7 percent, since the year 2000. [3]
Heavener / ˈ h iː v n ər / is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,414 at the 2010 census, an increase of 6.7 percent from 3,201 at the 2000 census. [ 4 ] Heavener is notable for the Heavener Runestone just outside the city limits.
Talihina (pronounced "tah-luh-HEE-nuh") is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States, its name originating from two Choctaw words, tully and hena, meaning "iron road," a reference to the railroad around which the town was built. [4] It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 925 ...