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Okmulgee County

Okmulgee County's name is derived from the Hitichita (Lower Creek) word okimulgi, meaning "boiling waters".

Established: 1907 ^[1]
County Seat: Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447
Area: 697 mi² (1,805 km²)
Population: 36,706 ^[2]
Region: Green Country
Weather: NWS Tulsa
Info: Wikipedia
History: Oklahoma Historical Society

Creek Capitol

Erected 1878, Ward Coachman, Principal Chief, Creek Nation organized 1867 under written constitution, and Okmulgee named as capital. Noted Chiefs h...

Okmulgee County

Samuel Checote

This noted Creek leader, b. 1819 Ala., had attended old Asbury Mission before he came to Ind. Ty. He was a Methodist preacher for 32 years till his...

County information from Wikipedia.
Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.