Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee
	Nickname : The Gee, Oklahoma's River City
	; Ed Edmondson United States Courthouse (1938)
Location in Oklahoma
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	Muskogee
Basic data
Foundation :	March 16, 1898
State :	United States
State :	Oklahoma
County :	Muskogee County
Coordinates :	35 ° 45 ′ N , 95 ° 22 ′ W Coordinates: 35 ° 45 ′ N , 95 ° 22 ′ W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	39,223 (as of 2010)
Population density :	405.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	100.4 km 2 (approx. 39 mi 2 ) of; which 96.7 km 2 (approx. 37 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	184 m
Postcodes :	74401-74403
Area code :	+1 918
FIPS :	40-50050
GNIS ID :	1095717
Website :	www.cityofmuskogee.com
Mayor :	Bob Coburn

Muskogee is a city with 39,223 inhabitants (2010) in Oklahoma , USA .

description

It is 72 km southeast of Tulsa , 130 km southwest of Rogers , and 95 km northwest of Fort Smith in the metropolitan area and belongs to Muskogee County .

To the east of Muskogee is Camp Gruber , which was used from May 1943 to May 1945 as a camp for around 4,700, mostly German prisoners of war , most of whom came from the Africa Corps . The grounds of the former prisoner of war camp are now used as a training camp for the Army National Guard of the state of Oklahoma.

In 2008, John Tyler Hammons , a 19-year-old political science student, was elected mayor of the city. At that time he was considered one of the youngest mayors in the United States. He was re-elected for two years in 2010 and was replaced by Bob Coburn in 2012 .