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Muskogee County, Oklahoma

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
53historic places
—earliest paper
1907formed
66,339pop. 2020
80cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 53 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Muskogee, Fort Gibson, Summit.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oklahoma is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Muskogee titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

43 of 53 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

53 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
"Spirit of the American Doughboy" StatueMuskogeeObject2018
Administration Building-Post HospitalFort GibsonBuilding1985
Bacone College Historic DistrictMuskogeeDistrict2014
Beth Israel TempleMuskogeeBuilding2014
Central Baptist ChurchMuskogeeBuilding1984
Cherokee National CemeteryFort GibsonSite1979
Commandant's QuartersFort GibsonBuilding1985
Coss, V. R., HouseMuskogeeBuilding1984
Dragoon Commandant's QuartersFort GibsonBuilding1980
DuBois, W.E.B., SchoolSummitBuilding1984
Escoe BuildingMuskogeeBuilding1983
First Baptist ChurchMuskogeeBuilding1984
First Church of Christ, ScientistMuskogeeBuilding2019
First Methodist Episcopal ChurchMuskogeeBuilding2014
Fite, F. B., House and Servant's QuartersMuskogeeBuilding1983
Foreman, Grant, HouseMuskogeeBuilding1973
Fort DavisMuskogeeSite1971
Fort Gibson NHLFort GibsonDistrict1966
Fort Gibson National CemeteryFort GibsonSite1999
Founders' Place Historic DistrictMuskogeeDistrict2020
Hotel MuskogeeMuskogeeBuilding2019
Kendall Place Historic DistrictMuskogeeDistrict2005
Manhattan BuildingMuskogeeBuilding1983
Manual Training High School for NegroesMuskogeeBuilding1984
Masonic TempleMuskogeeBuilding2014
Moton School Campus Historic DistrictTaftDistrict2025
Murphy, George A., HouseMuskogeeBuilding1984
Muskogee County CourthouseMuskogeeBuilding1984
Muskogee Depot and Freight DistrictMuskogeeDistrict2006
Muskogee Municipal BuildingMuskogeeBuilding2013
Nancy Taylor No. 1 Oil Well SiteHaskellSite1989
Nash-Swindler HouseFort GibsonBuilding1979
Officer's QuartersFort GibsonBuilding1985
Oktaha SchoolOktahaBuilding1978
Patterson, A. W., HouseMuskogeeBuilding1984
Post Adjutant's OfficeFort GibsonBuilding1985
Post Blacksmith ShopFort GibsonBuilding1985
Pre-Statehood Commercial DistrictMuskogeeDistrict1983
Railroad Exchange BuildingMuskogeeBuilding1983
Robb, Andrew W., HouseMuskogeeBuilding1982
Seawell-Ross-Isom HouseFort GibsonBuilding1978
Severs HotelMuskogeeBuilding1982
Sheltered Shelter DistrictWarnerDistrict1978
St. Philip's Episcopal ChurchMuskogeeBuilding2013
St. Thomas Primitive Baptist ChurchSummitBuilding2004
Surety BuildingMuskogeeBuilding1986
Taft City HallTaftBuilding1984
Thomas, Reverend L.W., HomesteadSummitBuilding2018
Trumbo, A. C., HouseMuskogeeBuilding1984
Union AgencyMuskogeeBuilding1970
United States Post Office and CourthouseMuskogeeBuilding2000
Ward Chapel AME ChurchMuskogeeBuilding1984
Welch, J. C., HouseMuskogeeBuilding1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Muskogee was formed in 1907 (1907-11-16) from former Indian Territory.

MUSKOGEE created from former Indian Territory.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Muskogee County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

71k54k37k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
37,46761,71065,91465,57361,86666,93969,45166,339

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

80 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 80 listed
NameLatLon
Agency Cemetery35.79062-95.40052
Agnew Cemetery35.60765-95.32012
Anderson Bottoms Cemetery35.75759-95.27986
Anderson Cemetery35.79487-95.16639
Bennett Cemetery35.47637-95.32861
Blackjack Cemetery35.77787-95.53914
Booker T Washington Cemetery35.78288-95.40358
Boynton Cemetery35.66346-95.66044
Brewer Cemetery35.58776-95.18023
Briartown Cemetery35.29176-95.22996
Brown Cemetery35.68255-95.62031
Brushy Mountain Cemetery35.65873-95.30598
Butler Creek Cemetery35.60216-95.4308
Cane Creek Cemetery35.69625-95.6981
Charles Cemetery35.72383-95.63943
Clark Cemetery35.42925-95.08571
Coleman Cemetery35.33266-95.25545
Council Hill Cemetery35.5526-95.66999
Cramp Cemetery35.36409-95.18986
Doyle Cemetery35.74906-95.60492
Durant Cemetery35.78867-95.37627
Elm Grove Cemetery35.60518-95.26644
Fields Cemetery35.38342-95.21607
Foreman Cemetery35.44944-95.29797
Fort Gibson Citizen's Cemetery35.79744-95.22886
Fort Gibson National Cemetery35.80481-95.22912
Four Mile Cemetery35.81006-95.17578
Friday Cemetery35.76992-95.69882
Frozen Rock Cemetery35.74569-95.3048
Grayson Cemetery35.58077-95.43385
Green Hill Cemetery35.76149-95.33719
Gritts Cemetery35.46385-95.15533
Gum Spring Cemetery35.47271-95.17771
Hammer Cemetery35.68376-95.26266
Hanks Family Cemetery35.487-95.10235
Harnage Cemetery35.73044-95.23193
Harris Cemetery35.70594-95.23976
Haskell Cemetery35.83837-95.6758
Hefley Cemetery35.47782-95.11776
Howland Cemetery35.47287-95.26163
Jones Cemetery35.4842-95.11609
Kyle Cemetery35.42269-95.08883
Lee Cemetery35.68319-95.66911
McClure Cemetery35.31283-95.20115
McLain Cemetery35.57273-95.27513
Memorial Park Cemetery35.75671-95.47067
Middleton Chapel Cemetery35.5697-95.5361
Minegan Cemetery35.63228-95.43153
Mount Zion Cemetery35.85229-95.71366
New Hope Cemetery35.59305-95.41424
Oktaha Cemetery35.58127-95.46569
Oktaha Community Cemetery35.61638-95.45527
Phillips Cemetery35.58743-95.1378
Phyllis Cemetery35.84757-95.74903
Plainview Cemetery35.68204-95.41331
Plunkett Cemetery35.56037-95.16273
Pope Chapel Cemetery35.49301-95.24423
Red Hill Cemetery35.44167-95.09099
Rock Grove Cemetery35.55891-95.36748
Sam Cemetery35.60287-95.13562
Snake Girty Cemetery35.39315-95.12773
South Bethel Cemetery35.64163-95.2346
Starnes Cemetery35.79947-95.15644
Starr Cemetery35.29445-95.25062
Starr Cemetery35.49364-95.12231
Starr Family Cemetery35.29957-95.23244
Taft Cemetery35.75412-95.54865
Tom Girty Cemetery35.40599-95.09987
Toney Cemetery35.39255-95.15818
Toney Cemetery35.43761-95.10526
Vann Cemetery35.43637-95.07938
Vaught Cemetery35.53471-95.17059
Vore Cemetery35.49809-95.14111
Walker Cemetery35.79371-95.21433
Walker Cemetery35.67627-95.2248
Warner Memorial Cemetery35.53281-95.30381
White Cemetery35.55138-95.13666
Wilkerson Cemetery35.47677-95.11348
Wilkerson Cemetery35.48131-95.12345
Woodall Cemetery35.46094-95.26355
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Creek Agency35.78444-95.47333
Oak-Ta-Hah35.58806-95.51222

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Honey Springs4,7249.3 kmOK007

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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