What is the population of Eagletown, Oklahoma?

Eagletown has a population of approximately 440 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Eagletown, Oklahoma located?

Eagletown is located in Oklahoma, United States, at approximate coordinates 34.0419°, -94.5702°.

What is the median household income in Eagletown?

The median household income in Eagletown is approximately $37,039 based on the most recent open data.

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Eagletown

Total population

440

Median home value

$178,600

11.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$37,039

Eagletown$37k

National$74k

Elevation121 m

Weather72°F · Partly Cloudy

Coordinates34.04°, -94.57°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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Elevation

121 m

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Overview

Eagletown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 404 at the 2020 census, down from 528 in 2010. Located on the Mountain Fork River, approximately 6 miles (10 km) west of the Oklahoma-Arkansas border, it was the first permanent Choctaw settlement in the Indian Territory, who called it o̱ssi tamaha ("Eagle"). Eagletown was an important town from 1834 to 1906, and after 1850, served as county seat for the Choctaw Nation's Eagle County. The town name was officially changed to "Eagle Town" in 1850, then changed to the present Eagletown in 1892. When Indian Territory was preparing to unite with Oklahoma Territory to form the new state of Oklahoma in 1906, Eagletown lost its county seat status and became just another unincorporated community in the new McCurtain County.

History & geography

History

Some white settlers had moved to the area near the Mountain Fork River around the present Eagletown during the early 19th century, when the area was known as Miller County, Arkansas, but a boundary change in the 1820s put this area into Indian Territory. The white settlers were forced to move elsewhere in order to resettle the Choctaw tribe from Mississippi. When the first Choctaws arrived in 1832, they found fields that had been cleared for farming and cabins that had housed the previous inhabitants. As required by treaty, the Army established a feeding point here for the distribution of rations. An estimated 852 people were receiving rations here in April 1832. By 1834, the number of people here had grown by 1,500. The Choctaws invited some of the white missionaries to join them in the move to Indian Territory. The first of these was Rev. Loring S. Williams, who was sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1832. By July 1832, Williams established a station he called Bethabara on the west bank of the Mountain Fork River. He organized the first church in Choctaw country in 1834 and opened a school the next year. He also obtained the authority to establish a post office in 1834, and served as the first postmaster. The post office and the town were then known as "Eagle Town." {{efn|Williams had to close Bethabara and leave the area in 1838, because of ill health. Another missionary, Reverend Cyrus Byington, arrived in late 1835. Byington spent 31 years here, and was noted for translating both religious and secular materials into a written Choctaw language that he created. He established the Stockbridge Mission on the other (east) side of the river from Bethabara. He was most noted for producing the Dictionary of the Choctaw Language. Byington…

Geography

Eagletown is in eastern McCurtain County mostly on the south side of U.S. Route 70, which leads west to Broken Bow and east to De Queen, Arkansas. Idabel, the McCurtain county seat, is to the southwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Eagletown CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.19%, are water. The Mountain Fork River, a south-flowing tributary of the Little River and part of the Red River watershed, forms the western edge of the CDP.

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