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Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
23historic places
—earliest paper
1907formed
36,706pop. 2020
40cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Okmulgee, Henryetta, Grayson.

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 Okmulgee titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Creek National Capitol NHLOkmulgeeBuilding1966
Eastside Baptist ChurchOkmulgeeBuilding1984
First Baptist Central ChurchOkmulgeeBuilding1984
First Presbyterian ChurchHenryettaBuilding2026
Grayson JailGraysonBuilding2024
Harmon Athletic FieldOkmulgeeDistrict1999
Haygood-Shephard American Legion Post 103OkmulgeeBuilding2025
Henry, Hugh, HouseHenryettaBuilding1983
Isparhecher House and GraveBeggsBuilding1976
Kennedy MansionOkmulgeeBuilding2014
Lake Okmulgee Dam Spillway CascadeOkmulgeeStructure1999
Nichols ParkHenryettaDistrict2006
Nuyaka MissionOkmulgeeBuilding1972
Okmulgee ArmoryOkmulgeeBuilding1999
Okmulgee Colored HospitalOkmulgeeBuilding1984
Okmulgee Country Club and Golf CourseOkmulgeeDistrict2018
Okmulgee County CourthouseOkmulgeeBuilding1984
Okmulgee Downtown Historic DistrictOkmulgeeDistrict1992
Okmulgee Public LibraryOkmulgeeBuilding1983
Okmulgee Stock PavilionOkmulgeeBuilding1999
Severs BlockOkmulgeeBuilding1991
St. Anthony's Catholic ChurchOkmulgeeBuilding1983
Wilson SchoolHenryettaBuilding1981

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

OKMULGEE created from former Indian Territory.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

57k35k14k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
14,36255,07250,10144,56136,94539,16939,68536,706

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

40 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed
NameLatLon
Antioch Cemetery35.69643-95.79774
Bald Hill Cemetery35.7698-95.84926
Bald Hill Cemetery35.69638-95.86583
Barnes Family Cemetery35.6461-96.16333
Barnet - Fisher Cemetery35.38628-96.08692
Beggs Cemetery35.73992-96.08547
Big Cussetah Cemetery35.55658-95.9064
Creek Mine Cemetery35.42071-96.01354
Edwards Cemetery35.53428-96.06786
Fleetwood Bruner Cemetery35.81354-95.91421
Grayson Cemetery35.51177-95.87583
Hoffman Cemetery35.49333-95.83368
Huckaby - Perryman Cemetery35.69648-96.03665
Indian Cemetery35.55467-96.03755
Isparhecher Cemetery35.73621-96.13236
Little Cussetah Cemetery35.58029-95.89033
Miller Cemetery35.6763-95.99792
Moore Creek Cemetery35.55141-95.88246
Morris Cemetery35.59621-95.84721
Mount Zion Cemetery35.61805-96.0261
New Bethel Cemetery35.82761-96.10347
New Nuyaka Cemetery35.64435-96.15704
New Post Oak Cemetery35.76441-96.12142
Northwest Cemetery35.68307-96.01167
Oakdale Cemetery35.77023-96.01505
Oakwood Cemetery35.6146-95.97294
Okmulgee Cemetery35.60005-95.95866
Old Nuyaka Cemetery35.64529-96.15888
Old Post Oak Cemetery35.7427-96.11599
Pawhuska Cemetery35.53955-95.92805
Preston Cemetery35.71147-95.9793
Sacred Heart Cemetery35.50399-95.85861
Salem Cemetery35.38029-95.93644
Sharp Cemetery35.5705-96.01644
Sonora Cemetery35.41253-95.90965
Southwest Cemetery35.58899-95.99777
Stake Cemetery35.69952-96.03487
West Lawn Cemetery35.44094-96.0125
Wilson Cemetery35.49684-96.03526
Woodlawn Cemetery35.60066-95.95694

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

Historical markers

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