Eufaula (Oklahoma)
Eufaula is a city in the US state of Oklahoma and the seat of the county seat of McIntosh County .
population
Eufaula reached its peak in population figures in 1980 with 3,159. In 2000 it had 2639 inhabitants and in 2010 2813 inhabitants.
location
The city is located on the reservoir Eufaula Lake . The reservoir dams the Canadian River and the North Canadian River flows here. Eufaula is located in southeastern the county at the intersection of US Highway 69 and Oklahoma State Highway 9 . It's about halfway between Muskogee in the north and McAlester in the south.
history
Eufaula was first settled with the Muskogee (also called Creek) relocation in connection with the Path of Tears in 1832. The name Eufaula is derived from a settlement of this people in their old homeland in Alabama .
Eufaula's first school was founded by Methodists in 1848 and in 1872 the town was connected to the railway. The Indian Journal , originally printed in the Muskogee language , has been published in the city since 1876 . It is now the oldest operating newspaper in Oklahoma.
In 1964 the reservoir was created.
The place has been reported several times in connection with the disappearance of the three-member Jamison family in 2009, who were found dead in 2013 and came from Eufaula.
economy
The Muskogee now operate the Creek Nation Eufaula casino .
sons and daughters of the town
- Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (* 1882, † 1985), singer
- Donna Nelson (* 1954), chemist
- Lee Roy Selmon (born 1954), American footballer
- JC Watts (* 1957), American footballer and American politician
