Gore

History

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.{{efn|After the Eastern Cherokee were relocated to Indian Territory and united with the Western Cherokees, Tahlequah became the Cherokee capital. Thereafter, Tahlonteskee became the courthouse of the Illinois District of the Cherokee Nation until 1846. 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. However, that railroad was instead scrapped in 1918. Kerr-McGee built the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation uranium mill on a tract located east of Gore to convert uranium ore into uranium hexafluoride (UF6). The UF6 plant was bought by General Atomics in 1988, and closed in 1993.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  967
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  950
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  911
• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  750
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  729
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  702
• Bald Eagle

  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  701
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  690

Largest nearby schools

• VIAN ES
  Elementary · Vian · 420 students · 20:1 ratio
• GORE ES
  Elementary · Gore · 248 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• VIAN HS
  High · Vian · 238 students · 14:1 ratio
• GORE HS
  High · Gore · 161 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• VIAN MS
  Middle · Vian · 159 students · 11.4:1 ratio
• GORE UPPER ES
  Middle · Gore · 118 students · 16.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2025-08-31
  12 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
• M 2.65 — 2024-10-28
  14 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
• M 2.86 — 2024-08-14
  13 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma
• M 2.82 — 2024-03-23
  9 km SE of Foyil, Oklahoma
• M 2.6 — 2023-03-16
  11 km E of Crowder, Oklahoma
• M 2.8 — 2022-06-05
  13 km WSW of Quinton, Oklahoma