Chouteau, Oklahoma

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Chouteau
Chouteau, Oklahoma
Chouteau
Chouteau
Location in Oklahoma
Basic data
State : United States
State : Oklahoma
County : Mayes County
Coordinates : 36 ° 11 ′  N , 95 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 11 ′  N , 95 ° 20 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 5,992 (as of: 2006 estimate)
Population density : 966.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.2 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of
which 6.2 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 191 m
Postal code : 74337
Area code : +1 539,918
FIPS : 40-14300
GNIS ID : 1091332

Chouteau is the second largest city in Mayes County in Oklahoma , United States .

geography

The small town (Town) is east of Tulsa on Highway 412 in the northeast of the state of Oklahoma.

Chouteau, originally Cody's Creek, was from 1871 a stop on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad . The place got its name from Auguste Pierre Chouteau.

Personalities

  • Johnny Ray (born 1957), baseball player
  • Lowe Stokes (1898-1983), musician

credentials

  1. ^ Chouteau in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed May 24, 2016