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Holdenville
Oklahomacity
Holdenville
Total population
5,902
Median home value
$91,600
Bachelor's+
Median income
$46,250
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Holdenville is a city in and the county seat of Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 5,934 at the time of the 2020 United States census.
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History
Holdenville traces its origin to a Creek settlement called echo, when translated means "deer". George B. Fentress operated a general store there. A post office called "Fentress" opened there on May 24, 1895. The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad was constructed in the 1890s from Arkansas to Indian Territory. Between 1895 and 1897, the construction passed through the Creek Nation. During this period, a railroad camp was set up to service the railroad construction. The railroad workers called the camp "Holden" in honor of J.F. Holden, the Auditor and Traffic Manager of Choctaw, Oklahoma, and Gulf Railroad. The St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) constructed a line between 1900 and 1901 from Sapulpa to the Red River that passed through Holdenville. On April 27, 2024, an EF3 tornado struck the town as part of a larger tornado outbreak that affected the Great Plains region, causing two fatalities and extensive damage.
Geography
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Recent natural events nearby
- Wildfire WRIGHT, Hughes, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-29 · 19 mi
- Wildfire Atoka Lake, Atoka, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-09-14 · 49 mi
- Wildfire Buck Creek, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-25 · 57 mi
- Wildfire Alexander Trail Fire, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-30 · 75 mi
- Wildfire Alexander Trail, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-30 · 75 mi
- Wildfire Tram Trail, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-09-14 · 80 mi
- Wildfire Snake Mountain, Pushmataha, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-08-14 · 81 mi
- Wildfire PINTO, Stephens, OklahomaWildfires · 2026-09-08 · 82 mi
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • USGS NWIS (water data)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • NASA EONET