Fort Coffee, Oklahoma

Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
Location of Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
Location of Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 35°17′39″N 94°34′23″W / 35.29417°N 94.57306°W / 35.29417; -94.57306
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyLe Flore
Government
 • TypeTown
Area
 • Total
6.53 sq mi (16.91 km2)
 • Land6.53 sq mi (16.91 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation449 ft (137 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
335
 • Density51.33/sq mi (19.82/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code40-27150[3]
GNIS feature ID2412639[2]

Fort Coffee is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. Originally constructed as a U. S. Army fort in 1834, it was named for U. S. General John Coffee, a veteran of the Seminole Wars.[4] It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 424 at the 2010 census, a gain of 2.9 percent over the figure of 412 in 2000.[5]

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Dennis Peterson. "Fort Coffee." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
  5. ^ [1] Archived June 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine CensusViewer:Fort Coffee, Oklahoma Population. Retrieved September 14, 2012.