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Atoka, Oklahoma | |
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 The Atoka County Chamber of Commerce Building in Atoka. | |
| Motto: "A City Committed to the Future" | |
 Location of Atoka, Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: 34°23′3″N 96°7′39″W / 34.38417°N 96.12750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Atoka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brian Cathey |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.40 sq mi (21.75 km2) |
| • Land | 8.23 sq mi (21.31 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2) |
| Elevation | 583 ft (177 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,195 |
| • Density | 388.40/sq mi (149.96/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 74525, 74542 |
| Area code | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-03300[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1089746[3] |
| Website | atokaok.org |
Atoka is a city in and the county seat of Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States.[4] The population was 3,195 as of the 2020 Census,[5] a 2.4% increase over the 3,107 reported at the 2010 census,[6] which was itself an increase of 4.0 percent from the figure of 2,988 in 2000.[7]
The city was settled by the Choctaw and named in 1867 by a Baptist missionary for Chief Atoka, whose name means "ball ground" in English.
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