Gore, Oklahoma
| Gore, Oklahoma | |
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| Town | |
 Location of Gore, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 35°31′58″N 95°6′54″W / 35.53278°N 95.11500°WCoordinates: 35°31′58″N 95°6′54″W / 35.53278°N 95.11500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Sequoyah |
| Established | Date of Decision: January 29, 1902 Officially Established: May 24, 1902 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ryan Callison |
| • Vice Mayor | Bob Warren |
| • Clerk | -unfilled- |
| • Administrator | Horace E. Lindley |
| • Treasurer | -unfilled- |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2) |
| • Land | 2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 495 ft (151 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 977 |
| • Density | 372.4/sq mi (143.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74435 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-30300 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1093268 |
| Website | www.townofgore.org |
Gore is a town in western Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 977 at the 2010 census, an increase of 15 percent from 850 at the 2000 census.
Gore claims to be the "trout capital of Oklahoma", with great fishing in Lake Tenkiller, the Illinois River, and the Arkansas River.
This community began as a small settlement in Indian Territory known as Campbell, named for Dr. W. W. Campbell, who, along with Joe Lynch, operated a ferry across the Arkansas River between Campbell and Webbers Falls. Tahlonteskee, the capital of the Western Cherokee from 1828–1839, was near here, just two miles to the north of town. In 1829, John Jolly, chief of the Cherokee Nation–West, built a home in this area.
The settlement was also known as Illinois Station or "Illinois Station, Campbell Post Office." It became a stage stop on the route between Fort Gibson and Fort Smith. A post office designation of Campbell was assigned to Dr. Campbell's store in 1888. Also in 1888, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (later the Missouri Pacific Railway) built a rail line through the settlement.
By 1909, the town had a bank, two lumber companies, a flour mill, a cotton gin, two hotels, and numerous retail outlets. The town changed its name on October 22, 1909 in honor of Oklahoma Senator Thomas Gore, who was serving as one of Oklahoma's U. S. senators immediately after statehood. A fire destroyed most of the business district in 1909. Gore had a population of 319 by the 1910 U. S. census.
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