Stigler, Oklahoma
| Stigler, Oklahoma | |
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| City | |
Haskell County Courthouse, 2015, courtesy of Valis55
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 Location of Stigler, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 35°15′23″N 95°7′27″W / 35.25639°N 95.12417°WCoordinates: 35°15′23″N 95°7′27″W / 35.25639°N 95.12417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Haskell |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2) |
| • Land | 2.2 sq mi (5.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 577 ft (176 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,685 |
| • Density | 1,220.5/sq mi (471.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 74462 |
| Area code(s) | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-70250 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1098537 |
| Website | [1] |
Stigler is a city in and county seat of Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,685 at the 2010 census, a 2.0 percent decline from 2,731 at the 2000 census.
Stigler is home to the Haskell County Courthouse, which has become notable for erecting marble statues of the Ten Commandments and the Mayflower Compact on the front lawn (see Separation of church and state in the United States). In the seventh commandment, the word "adultery" was misspelled as "adultry". The Commandments statue has since been removed following a court ruling.
Stigler was founded in 1889 by Joseph Stigler, who originally named the town Newman.{{Earlier in his life, Stigler had been a deputy marshal serving under the notable Federal Judge Isaac Parker, whose court in Fort Smith, Arkansas, had jurisdiction over Indian Territory. The town was then located in the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory.}} The post office name was changed to Stigler in 1893 by the U.S. Post Office Service, because the former name caused some confusion with the town of Norman. The Midland Valley Railroad came to Stigler in 1904, which attracted more settlers and more types of businesses. By the following year, the town had become incorporated. At statehood in 1907, Stigler was named as the county seat of newly created Haskell County.
Stigler is located at 35°15′23″N 95°7′27″W / 35.25639°N 95.12417°W (35.256357, -95.124105). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2), all of it land. It is 49 miles (79 km) west of Fort Smith, Arkansas and 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Muskogee,
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