Coweta

History

Before statehood, when the Five Tribes or Five Civilized Tribes were moved to Indian Territory from the Southeastern United States, the area that is now Coweta was designated as part of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Coweta was named after a Lower Creek town on the Chattahoochee River in southwestern Georgia. It was first settled by Muscogee about 1840. In 1843, Robert Loughridge, a Presbyterian minister, arrived in the area and established a mission, named "Koweta". He had gained Creek Council approval for this the year before. Loughridge left Koweta in 1850 to supervise the newly completed Tullahassee Mission School. Both schools closed in 1861 at the outbreak of the American Civil War, when missionaries left the Territory. As a result of negotiations with the congressionally appointed Dawes Commission, regarding the allotment of tribal communal lands in 1897–1898, the Creek courts’ jurisdiction was turned over to the federal government. Notable events in 1903 included the arrival of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad in Coweta; founding of the community's first newspaper, The Courier; construction of the first public school for whites; and installation of a telephone line.

Geography

Coweta is located at (35.963155, -95.661586). Coweta is on the Arkansas River, southeast of Tulsa and northwest of Muskogee.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• ONETA RIDGE MS
  Middle · Broken Arrow · 924 students · 20.1:1 ratio
• COWETA HS
  High · Coweta · 781 students · 20.6:1 ratio
• HIGHLAND PARK ES
  Elementary · Broken Arrow · 698 students · 18.4:1 ratio
• LIBERTY ES
  Elementary · Broken Arrow · 624 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• TIMBER RIDGE ES
  Elementary · Broken Arrow · 623 students · 19.5:1 ratio
• ROSEWOOD ES
  Elementary · Broken Arrow · 622 students · 19.4:1 ratio
• DONALD P SLOAT JHS
  Middle · Coweta · 561 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• SOUTHSIDE ES
  Elementary · Coweta · 447 students · 16.6:1 ratio