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The Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma's only national forest, is also in this area. Choctaw Country also houses "The World's Highest Hill," a 1,999-foot peak near Poteau, as the official designation for a "mountain" is land that is 2,000-feet or taller. [3] The region contains Oklahoma's largest lake by surface area, Lake Eufaula.
In Oklahoma, cities are all those communities which are 1,000 or more in population and are incorporated as cities. [2] Towns are limited to town board type of municipal government. Cities may choose among aldermanic, mayoral, council-manager, and home-rule charter types of government. [3] Cities may also petition to incorporate as towns. [4
The suffix "-ville," from the French word for "city" is common for town and city names throughout the United States. Many originally French place names, possibly hundreds, in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant (e.g. "La Petite Roche" became Little Rock ...
In southcentral Oklahoma, visitors can find Davis tucked in the Arbuckle Mountains. The town attracts hikers who want to explore the weaving trails near Turner Falls, Oklahoma’s largest waterfall.
Pushmataha County is a county in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,812. [1] Its county seat is Antlers. [2]The county was created at statehood from part of the former territory of the Choctaw Nation, which had its capital at the town of Tuskahoma.
The main article for this category is List of municipalities in Oklahoma; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Oklahoma; See also Oklahoma and categories Townships in Oklahoma, Towns in Oklahoma, Census-designated places in Oklahoma, Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma
The Kiamichi Mountains (Choctaw: Nʋnih Chaha Kiamitia) are a mountain range in southeastern Oklahoma. A subrange within the larger Ouachita Mountains that extend from Oklahoma to western Arkansas , [ 1 ] the Kiamichi Mountains sit within Le Flore , Pushmataha and McCurtain counties near the towns of Poteau , Albion and Smithville .
On a simple east/west basis, Western Oklahoma is popularly considered that part of the state west of I-35. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] I-35 creates a north/south line through the approximate center of the main body of the state (i.e., without regard for the Oklahoma Panhandle ), passing through Oklahoma City , the state capital.