Eagletown
Ossi Tamaha (Choctaw) | |
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  Eagletown 10 miles east of Downtown Broken Bow, Oklahoma  Eagletown Eagletown (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 34°02′30″N 94°34′12″W / 34.04167°N 94.57000°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | McCurtain |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.74 sq mi (12.28 km2) |
| • Land | 4.73 sq mi (12.26 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 427 ft (130 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 404 |
| • Density | 85.36/sq mi (32.96/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 40-22350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2629916[1] |
Eagletown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 528 at the 2010 census.[3] Located on Mountain Fork River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from the Oklahoma-Arkansas border, it was the first permanent Choctaw settlement in the Indian Territory, who called it o̱ssi tamaha ("Eagle").[4] Eagletown was an important town from 1834 to 1906, and after 1850, served as county seat for the Choctaw Nation's Eagle County. The town name was officially changed to "Eagle Town" in 1850, then changed to the present Eagletown in 1892. When Indian Territory was preparing to unite with Oklahoma Territory to form the new state of Oklahoma in 1906, Eagletown lost its county seat status and became just another unincorporated community in the new McCurtain County.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eagletown, Oklahoma
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Eagletown CDP, Oklahoma". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
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