Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
| Sequoyah County, Oklahoma | |
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The Sequoyah County Courthouse in Sallisaw.
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 Location in the U.S. state of Oklahoma |
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 Oklahoma's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1907 |
| Seat | Sallisaw |
| Largest city | Sallisaw |
| Area | |
| • Total | 714 sq mi (1,849 km2) |
| • Land | 673 sq mi (1,743 km2) |
| • Water | 41 sq mi (106 km2), 5.7% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2013) | 41,218 |
| • Density | 58/sq mi (22/km²) |
| Congressional district | 2nd |
| Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | County (US) of Sequoyah in the state of Oklahoma, United States |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction. |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 1 |
| Jails | 1 |
| Boats | 1 |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Sequoyah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,391. The county seat is Sallisaw. Sequoyah County was created in 1907 when Oklahoma became a state. It was named after Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee syllabary.
Sequoyah County is part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Archaeological sites within the borders of the present county date to the Archaic Period (6000 BC to 1 AD). A slightly smaller number of sites date to the Plains Village Period (1000 to 1500 AD).
French traders came to this area in the 1700s, but Spain claimed the area until 1800, when France asserted control. The Louisiana Purchase passed control to the United States. The area was actually inhabited by the Osage Nation until 1816, when Lovely's Purchase occurred, allowing Western Cherokees to settle there before their compulsory removal. The area was then known as Lovely County, Arkansas Territory. However, the Cherokee were removed from Arkansas in 1829 and came to the present Sequoyah County. Sequoyah was among those who moved at the time, building a cabin that still stands. Dwight Mission was also moved to a site on Sallisaw Creek. It also still stands.
The Cherokee Nation established their first capital at a place they called Tahlonteskee (Tahlontuskey), near the present town of Gore, Oklahoma. Tahlonteskee remained the capital until 1839, when it was superseded by Talequah. It continued as a meeting place for "Old Settlers."
This area, then known as the Sequoyah District became a hot bed of Confederate sympathizers during the Civil War. The only combat occurred when Stand Watie and his Confederate troops captured a Union steamboat on the Illinois River June 69, 1864.
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