Seminole County

Seminole County, Oklahoma

Before Oklahoma's admission as a state, the county was the entire small portion of Indian Territory allocated to the Seminole people, who were removed from Florida in the 1820s. It is notable for the Greater Seminole Field, one of the most important oil fields ever found, which is still producing. It extends into nearby counties. In the early years of the oil boom, workers and adventurers flooded into the county, rapidly tripling the population. As oil production later declined, jobs and residents left.

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Ceyvah Band

This band is descended from one of the principal tribes of the southeastern area of the United States. The Ceyvah were a part of the Muskhogean confederacy of Georgia and spoke the dialect of…

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Cromwell

The Cromwell oil field and town were named for Joe I. Cromwell of Muskogee, Oklahoma. A gas well, the #1 Jim Willis in the SE/4 SE/4NW/4 of Section 15-10N-8E, was completed at a depth of 3,466 …

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Dosar Barkus Band

In 1813, a man by the name of William Noble led what is now the Dosar Barkus Band. Being born in Florida, he had no band, only a tribe. William Noble led what later became the Dosar Barkus Band…

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Emahaka Mission

A school for Seminole Indian girls was established in 1894 near here northeast and operated by the Seminole Nation. Reverend W.P. Blake was the first superintendent. Mrs. Alice Brown Davis, who…

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Fushutche Band

Fushutche Band was originally Fushutche Town, an old Upper Creek Town appearing on maps as early as 1733. A small band was noted in northern Florida as early as 1778. Fushutche Town migrated to…

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Mekasukey Academy

Established and handsome building erected by Seminole Nation. Opened for Seminole boys, 1891. "Mikasuki" was name of ancient "war" town whose people were noted for courage. From 1914, school wa…

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Sasakwa

Home of Gov. John F. Brown for 34 yrs. Principal Chief Seminole Nation, succeeding his father in law. Chief John Jumper, Col 1st Reft. Seminole Mtd: Vols. Confederate Army in Civil War. Young B…

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Seminole Nation Museum

The Seminole Nation Museum documents and interprets the history and culture of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the people and events that make its capital, Wewoka, one of the most historica…

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