{"id":7083,"date":"2023-08-25T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7083"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:10","slug":"okfuskee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/okfuskee-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Okfuskee County, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okfuskee County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, on the eastern edge of the state&#8217;s old Creek Nation lands, roughly halfway between Tulsa and the Texas line. It had a population of 11,310 at the 2020 census and covers 629 square miles (1,630 km2) centred near 35&deg;28&prime;N 96&deg;20&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Okemah is the county seat, and its postal code is 74859. The county has one incorporated city, six incorporated towns, and a scatter of unincorporated communities and former townsites; it sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Okfuskee County<\/h2>\n<p>Seven places in Okfuskee County are incorporated; the rest are unincorporated communities or historic townsites, several tied to the county&#8217;s cluster of early-1900s all-Black towns founded by freedmen and settlers after Oklahoma statehood. &ldquo;CDP&rdquo; marks a Census-designated place with no city government; &ldquo;Unincorp.&rdquo; marks a community with no incorporated government at all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Okemah<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>3,074<\/td>\n<td>74859<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boley<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>1,091<\/td>\n<td>74829<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weleetka<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>74880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Paden<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>74860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Castle<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>74833<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bearden<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>74859<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clearview<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>74859<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IXL<\/td>\n<td>Town<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Last Chance<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mason<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pharoah<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bookertee<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chilesville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Haydenville<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Micawber<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midway<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Morse<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oriental<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunrise<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Welty<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Woodard Corner<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>The old list also carried a place called &ldquo;Okfuskee&rdquo; itself &mdash; a historic townsite the county was named around rather than a separate present-day community &mdash; kept here for reference but with no verifiable population or ZIP.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>74859 &mdash; Okemah (also serves Bearden and Clearview)<\/li>\n<li>74880 &mdash; Weleetka<\/li>\n<li>74829 &mdash; Boley<\/li>\n<li>74860 &mdash; Paden<\/li>\n<li>74833 &mdash; Castle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The county&#8217;s smaller unincorporated communities and historic townsites have no ZIP code of their own and are served by the nearest post office town above.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Okfuskee County lies in the rolling, timbered hill country of east-central Oklahoma, drained by the North Canadian River, which crosses the county from west to east past Okemah. Of the county&#8217;s 629 square miles, 619 square miles are land and 10 square miles are water. The county borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/creek-county\/\">Creek County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/okmulgee-county\/\">Okmulgee County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/mcintosh-county\/\">McIntosh County<\/a> to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hughes-county\/\">Hughes County<\/a> to the south, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/seminole-county-oklahoma\/\">Seminole County<\/a> to the southwest, and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lincoln-county-oklahoma\/\">Lincoln County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Okfuskee County had 11,310 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 18 people per square mile. Okemah is the largest community, followed by Boley. Median household income in the county runs well below the Oklahoma median of $62,138, reflecting the county&#8217;s rural, agriculture- and oil-field-dependent economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture (cattle ranching and pecan groves along the North Canadian bottomland), oil and gas production, and public-sector employment in Okemah anchor the local economy. Boley is home to the Boley Rodeo, held every Memorial Day weekend since 1903 and billed as the oldest African American rodeo in the country. Okemah hosts the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival each July, honoring the folk singer who was born there in 1912.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Okfuskee County was organized at Oklahoma statehood in 1907, carved from the former Creek Nation. It takes its name from Okfuskee, a historic Muscogee (Creek) town, which in turn was named for a still-earlier Muscogee town in what is now Cleburne County, Alabama. In the early 1900s the county became a center of Black settlement in the new state, with freedmen and migrants founding the towns of Boley, Clearview, and Bookertee as self-governing all-Black communities; Boley in particular grew into one of the largest and most prosperous Black towns in the United States by the 1910s.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Route 62 and State Highway 27 are the main routes through the county, meeting at Okemah.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tulsa &mdash; 65 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Oklahoma City &mdash; 75 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Muskogee &mdash; 55 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Shawnee &mdash; 40 miles west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Okfuskee County?<\/strong><br \/>It is in east-central Oklahoma, between Tulsa and Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Okfuskee County?<\/strong><br \/>11,310 residents at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Okfuskee County?<\/strong><br \/>629 square miles (1,630 km2), including 10 square miles of water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Okfuskee County?<\/strong><br \/>Okemah is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Okfuskee County?<\/strong><br \/>One city and six incorporated towns, plus several unincorporated communities and historic townsites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Okfuskee County?<\/strong><br \/>74859 (Okemah), 74880 (Weleetka), 74829 (Boley), 74860 (Paden), and 74833 (Castle).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Boley known for?<\/strong><br \/>Boley is one of Oklahoma&#8217;s historic all-Black towns and holds the Boley Rodeo every Memorial Day weekend, one of the oldest Black rodeos in the country.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/oklahoma\/\">Towns and villages in Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okfuskee County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, on the eastern edge of the state&#8217;s old Creek Nation lands, roughly halfway between Tulsa and the Texas line. It had a population of 11,310 at the 2020 census and covers 629 square miles (1,630 km2) centred near 35&deg;28&prime;N 96&deg;20&prime;W. 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