Choctaw, Oklahoma
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| Motto: "Celebrating the Past, Enjoying the Present, & Preparing For The Future." | |
 Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. |
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 Choctaw, Oklahoma
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| Coordinates: 35°28′57″N 97°16′2″W / 35.48250°N 97.26722°WCoordinates: 35°28′57″N 97°16′2″W / 35.48250°N 97.26722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Oklahoma |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.1 sq mi (70.2 km2) |
| • Land | 27.1 sq mi (70.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,148 ft (350 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 15,205 |
| • Density | 346.4/sq mi (133.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 73020 |
| Area code(s) | 405 |
| FIPS code | 40-14200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1091323 |
| Website | http://www.choctawcity.org |
Choctaw is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. It is the oldest chartered town in Oklahoma. The city is located approximately 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Oklahoma City and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
Choctaw physically became a community in 1890, but was not given actual status as a town until 1893 when a territorial governor was appointed for Oklahoma. It officially celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1993. In 1950, Choctaw was in an agricultural area. It had a population of 355 in that year. Despite its name, the town has no cultural, historical or governmental ties to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The tribal headquarters and casino are located in the southeastern part of the state in Durant, Oklahoma, and the Choctaw Capitol Building and annual Labor Day Festival are in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma.
Before Choctaw was chartered, the area included a part of William McClure's 7C Ranch and was known for a trading post and a camping spot near a spring.
A community emerged on the east 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land John S. Muzzy claimed in the 1889 land run and received a postal designation in early 1890.
The town incorporated in April 1904. When Oklahoma became a state in 1907, the town had 230 residents, four churches, a school, a bank, a newspaper and telephone service. By 1909, the town had three gins. The population grew very little during the Great Depression.
Choctaw is a city just east of Oklahoma City and has a total area of 27.1 square miles (70 km2), of which 27.1 square miles (70 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. Its latitude and longitude is (35.482383, -97.267330).
Choctaw has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) and lies in an area known as Tornado Alley characterized by frequent interaction between cold and warm air masses producing severe weather. An average of 54 tornadoes strike the state per year.
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