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Choctaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,204. [1] Its county seat is Hugo. [2]Formerly part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory, this county was reorganized and redefined in 1907, at the time of Oklahoma statehood.
The Choctaw Capitol Building (Choctaw: Chuka Hanta Chahta; also known as Tuskahoma – Choctaw Council House, or simply as Tuskahoma, [2]) is a historic building built in 1884 that housed the government of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma from 1884 to 1907.
Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of the Texas state line. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 5,166.
The new county's seat of government was at Pigeon Roost, south of Boswell. A United States Post Office was established at Mayhew, Indian Territory on February 5, 1845, and operated until September 30, 1902.
The glass mosaic "Gifts of Past and Present," by Oklahoma Choctaw artist Lauretta Newby-Coker, is on view at the Choctaw Cultural Center in Calera, near Durant, on Nov. 3, 2023.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw: Chahta Okla) is a Native American reservation [5] occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. [6] At roughly 6,952,960 acres (28,138 km 2 ; 10,864 sq mi), it is the second-largest reservation in area after the Navajo , exceeding that of the seven smallest U.S. states .
Aug. 14—The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma details the Success through Academic Recognition incentive program for Choctaw students nationwide who are enrolled in grades 2nd through 12th.
Oklahoma County: 109: Oklahoma City: 1891: Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory, the County 2 in Oklahoma Territory [59] From two Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning people and red: 1,140.85 808,866: 709 sq mi (1,836 km 2) Okmulgee County: 111: Okmulgee: 1907: Creek Nation land: Creek word meaning boiling water: 53.13 37,035: 697 sq mi (1,805 ...