Tullahassee, Oklahoma

Tullahassee, Oklahoma
Location of Tullahassee, Oklahoma
Location of Tullahassee, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 35°50′16″N 95°26′21″W / 35.83778°N 95.43917°W / 35.83778; -95.43917
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyWagoner
Government
 • MayorKeisha Currin[1]
Area
 • Total1.82 sq mi (4.71 km2)
 • Land1.82 sq mi (4.71 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
620 ft (189 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total83
 • Density45.65/sq mi (17.63/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
74454
Area code(s)539/918
FIPS code40-74650[3]
GNIS feature ID1099007[4]

Tullahassee is a town in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 106 in both the 2010 and the 2000 censuses.[5] It was the location of Tullahassee Mission, an Indian boarding school that burned in 1880. Because their population in the community had declined, the Muscogee Creek gave the school to Creek Freedmen, paying to replace the main building, and relocated with their families to the area of Wealaka Mission.

Tullahassee is considered the oldest of the surviving all-black towns in former Indian Territory. By 1880 Creek Freedmen and their descendants dominated the community population.[6]

  1. ^ Eaton, Kristi. "Small, Historically Black Town in Oklahoma Joins a National Coalition Studying Reparations: Mayors Organized for Reparations and Equity includes representatives of some of the nation's largest cities. It also includes the mayor of Tullahassee, Oklahoma, which has a population of under 150," The Daily Yonder (October 13, 2021).
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ^ CensusViewer:Population of the City of Tullahassee, Oklahoma
  6. ^ O'Dell, Larry. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Tullahassee.""Tullahassee". Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2012.