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Coweta, Oklahoma — City — 
Location of Coweta, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 35°57′47″N 95°39′42″W / 35.96306°N 95.66167°WCoordinates: 35°57′47″N 95°39′42″W / 35.96306°N 95.66167°W Country United States State Oklahoma County Wagoner Area - Total 7.7 sq mi (19.9 km2) - Land 7.6 sq mi (19.6 km2) - Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) Elevation 663 ft (202 m) Population (2010) - Total 9,943 - Density 1,180.9/sq mi (457.9/km2) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) ZIP code 74429 Area code(s) 539/918 FIPS code 40-17800[1] GNIS feature ID 1091781[2] Coweta is a city in Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States and is a suburb of Tulsa. As of 2010, the population was 9,943.[3]
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History
Oklahoma Farmers parade in downtown Coweta, 1905
Before statehood, when the Five Tribes or Five Civilized Tribes were moved to Oklahoma from the Eastern United States, the area that is now Coweta became part of the Creek Nation. Coweta was named after a Creek Indian war town on the Chattahoochee River in southwestern Georgia and was first settled by American Indians about 1840. In 1843 Robert Loughridge arrived in the area and established a mission, named "Koweta".
In 1867 after the Civil War, the Creek Indians adopted a constitution which divided their nation into six districts. Everything northeast of the Arkansas River, including Tulsa, became the Coweta district. The political center of this district was located in a log courthouse on Coweta Creek, about a quarter mile west from the modern day center of the downtown Coweta. The Post Office was established on May 24, 1897, and took its name from Koweta Mission.[4] As a result of negotiations with the Congress appointed Dawes Commission regarding the allotment of tribal lands in 1898, the Creek courts’ jurisdiction was turned over to the Federal government.
Many notable events occurred in 1903. Along with the arrival of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, Coweta’s first newspaper, The Courier, was started, the first school was built, and a telephone line was installed.
Geography
Coweta is located at 35°57′47″N 95°39′42″W / 35.96306°N 95.66167°W (35.963155, -95.661586)[5].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20 km2), of which, 7.6 square miles (20 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.56%) is water.
Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 7,139 people, 2,582 households, and 1,988 families residing in the city. The population density was 942.1 people per square mile (363.6/km²). There were 2,827 housing units at an average density of 373.1 per square mile (144.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 75.78% White, 4.08% African American, 11.85% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.75% from other races, and 6.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.80% of the population.
There were 2,582 households out of which 43.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the city the population was spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 95.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,255, and the median income for a family was $41,786. Males had a median income of $32,348 versus $21,772 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,960. About 6.2% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.4% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those age 65 or over.
Schools
Main article: Coweta Public SchoolsThe Coweta Public School District is the 29th largest school district in the state and as of October 2007 the district had 3,161 pre kindergarten through 12th grade students enrolled in 6 different schools, the district is also the largest in Wagoner County.[6]
Media
Coweta has one newspaper, the Coweta American. The paper is published every Wednesday. It is owned by Community Publishers, a newspaper and Internet publisher and commercial printer that serves Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas.
Historical Sites
The Coweta Mission Bell Museum.See also: List of National Register of Historic Places in OklahomaCoweta is home to two sites on the National Register of Historic Places list. The first is the Koweta Mission Site. The mission was added to the NRHP in 1973, today only a cemetery remains. The second historical site located in Coweta is the First Presbyterian Church of Coweta, commonly known as the Mission Bell Museum. The Mission Bell Museum was added to the NRHP in 2003 and is owned and operated by the city of Coweta.
Notable residents
- Junior Barnard, (December 17, 1920 - April 15, 1951) guitarist with Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- Bill Bright, William R. "Bill" Bright (October 19, 1921 – July 19, 2003), founder of Campus Crusade
- Rick Bryan, (March 20, 1962 - July 25, 2009) American Football defensive lineman for the Oklahoma Sooners and the Atlanta Falcons
- Crooked X, a rock band discovered on the CBS morning TV show, The Early Show
References
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010". U.S. Census Bureau. http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ "How places got their names". Oklahoma Historical Society. http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/okcentennial/local_story_156123526.html. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "Public Schools Database". Oklahoma Department of Education. http://sde.state.ok.us/publ/district_db/PUBLIC.xls. Retrieved 2008-04-24.[dead link]
External links
Municipalities and communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma Cities Bixby‡ | Broken Arrow‡ | Catoosa‡ | Coweta | Tulsa‡ | Wagoner
Towns Fair Oaks‡ | Okay | Porter | Redbird | Tullahassee
Unincorporated
communitiesChoska | Clarksville | Eastborough | Gibson | Mallard Bay | Neodesha | Oneta | Rocky Point | Stonebluff | Stones Corner | Taylor Ferry | Timber Brook | Toppers
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
National Register of Historic Places in Wagoner County, Oklahoma Coweta 
Okay Porter Van Tuyl Homeplace
Redbird Miller-Washington School · Redbird City Hall
Tullahassee Wagoner Amos Parkinson House · Cobb Building · Collin McKinney House · First National Bank of Wagoner · Frederick Parkinson House · John W. Gibson House · Newport Hotel and Restaurant · St James Episcopal Church · Wagoner Armory · William McAnally House · Way House
Categories:- Populated places in Wagoner County, Oklahoma
- Cities in Oklahoma
- Tulsa Metropolitan Area
- Coweta, Oklahoma
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