Okmulgee County

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

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

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Okmulgee County

Creek Capitol

Erected 1878, Ward Coachman, Principal Chief, Creek Nation organized 1867 under written constitution, and Okmulgee named as capital. Noted Chiefs here included Samuel Checote, Joseph Perryman, …

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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 death, 1884. He served as Lieut. Col., First …


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