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  1. Okemah, Oklahoma. /  35.42917°N 96.29972°W  / 35.42917; -96.29972. Okemah ( / ˌoʊˈkiːmə / or / ˈʌkimə /) [4] is the largest city in and the county seat of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe ...

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  2. Okemah is a city in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Okfuskee County. It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah. The population was 3,038 at the 2000 census and about 23 percent of the residents ...

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  4. However, Okemah’s early years carry a dark stain: Laura and L. D. Nelson were an African-American mother and son who were lynched on May 25, 1911, just outside city limits. They had been kidnapped from their cells in the Okemah county jail the night before by a group of almost 40 white men, and among other horrors, Laura and her son, L. D ...

  5. Okemah is the largest city in and the county seat of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah. The population was 3,078 at the 2020 census, a 6.1 percent decline from 3,223 at the 2010 census.

  6. Okemah, county seat of Okfuskee County, is located on Interstate 40, seventy-one miles east of Oklahoma City. Originally within the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, the area was opened to non-Indian settlement on April 22, 1902. Perry Rodkey and H. B. Dexter, who were making a railroad survey, had selected the townsite about two years earlier.

  7. Okemah. Plan a trip to Okemah to discover the birthplace of legendary folk musician Woody Guthrie. Learn more about the man who sang “This Land is Your Land,” and explore the city’s Woody Guthrie statue and murals, the Okfuskee County Historical Society & Museum or Okemah Lake. See if Lady Luck is on your side at the Creek Nation Casino ...

  8. 11,310. • Density. 18/sq mi (6.9/km 2) Congressional district. 2nd. Okfuskee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,310. [1] Its county seat is Okemah. [2] The county is named for a former Muscogee town in present Cleburne County, Alabama, that in turn was named for the Okfuskee ...

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