Claremore
| Claremore, Oklahoma | |
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Downtown Claremore
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| Motto(s): "New Vision. Clear Opportunities." | |
 Location in the state of Oklahoma |
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 Claremore, Oklahoma
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| Coordinates: 36°18′55″N 95°36′46″W / 36.31528°N 95.61278°WCoordinates: 36°18′55″N 95°36′46″W / 36.31528°N 95.61278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Rogers |
| Incorporated | 1883 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bill Flanagan |
| Area | |
| • City | 12.3 sq mi (31.8 km2) |
| • Land | 12.0 sq mi (31.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 597 ft (182 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • City | 18,581 |
| • Metro | 905,755 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 74017, 74018, 74019 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-14700 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1091382 |
| Website | www.claremorecity.com |
Claremore is a city and the county seat of Rogers County in northeastern Oklahoma, United States. The population was 18,581 at the 2010 census, a 17.1 percent increase from 15,873 at the 2000 census. Located in the Ozark Mountains foothills, the city is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area and home to Rogers State University. It is best known as the birthplace and home of early 20th-century entertainer Will Rogers.
This area was part of the territory of the Osage, but they were forced out under a treaty with the United States. During the Indian Removal period and until statehood, this area was a reserve of the Cherokee Nation, which had been removed from its territory in the Southeast United States. This was within what was known as the Cherokee Cooweescoowee District.
Around 1802, bands of Osage Indians settled in this area of what is now northeastern Oklahoma. Black Dog was the chief of a band that settled at Pasona, where the city of Claremore later developed. He shared power with chiefs Clermont (aka Claremore), and Pawhuska. Clermont, named by French traders, settled with his band in a village known as Pasuga, meaning "Big Cedar", which was located on an ancient platform earthwork mound in this area.
The Osage village of Pasuga was destroyed by Cherokee in June 1817, during the Battle of Claremore Mound, also known as the Battle of the Strawberry Moon. These Western Cherokee had moved into the region from the southeastern United States and were perpetually competing with the Osage, who looked down on them. At the time of the attack, most of the men were out of the villages to hunt bison on the plains. The Cherokee killed the men in the village, and took more than 100 women and children captive, selling them to eastern Cherokee. Accounts differ as to whether chief Clermont was killed in the raid.
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