Catoosa, Oklahoma Catoosa, Oklahoma Location of Catoosa, Oklahoma Location of Catoosa, Oklahoma Catoosa is a town/city in Rogers and Wagoner counties in the U.S.
Catoosa was home to Bluford "Blue" Duck, the continuing outlaw depicted in Lonesome Dove.
In 1971, the Tulsa Port of Catoosa opened and gave the town an economic boom. The port's 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) industrialized park provided jobs for over 2,600 workers by the 21st century. As of December 2013, it had 70 businesses with over 4,000 workers.
Catoosa is positioned at 36 10 56 N 95 45 35 W (36.182194, -95.759616), 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
This locale provides mid-America river shipping access at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.0 square miles (18.1 km ), of which, 7.0 square miles (18.0 km ) of it is territory and 0.14 percent is water.
Catoosa has an inland seaport and the end of the Kerr-Mc - Clellan Arkansas River Navigation System.
The Port of Catoosa is the second farthest inland seaport in the United States behind Duluth, Minnesota, linking Tulsa to the Arkansas River and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico.
Catoosa is positioned along historic Route 66.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
In 2000, the Catoosa School District enrolled 2,416 students, and the town's populace stood at 5,449. As of 2011, Catoosa High School had 609 students enrolled and 13 students for every teacher. Catoosa had one newspaper, the Catoosa Times, which stopped publishing at the end of 2013.
It was owned by Community Publishers, a journal and Internet publisher and commercial printer that serves Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas.
The Blue Whale of Catoosa is a famous Route 66 landmark positioned just east of the downtown area.
Tulsa Port of Catoosa is the furthest inland seaport in the United States.
The Hard Rock Casino (formerly Cherokee Casino and Resort), directed by the Cherokee Nation, is positioned in Catoosa. The resort has two hotels, a several restaurants, a golf course, a concert hall called "The Joint", and hosts the annual Cherokee Art Market as well as the International Cherokee Film Festival. Catoosa's Historical Museum was established by Catoosa's Historical Society.
The exhibition is a replica of an old train depot and is home to many Catoosa artifacts and barns memorabilia.
The Catoosa Historical Museum is easily recognized by the Burlington Northern Railroad caboose outside of the exhibition. Correll and is now owned and directed by the City of Catoosa.
Muni - Net Guide - Catoosa, Oklahoma." a b c d e f g [https://okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CA074 Larry O'Dell, "Catoosa," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.} Accessed May 30, 2010.
"Tulsa Port of Catoosa job, cargo numbers near record highs".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Catoosa's Historical Museum Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Catoosa Municipalities and communities of Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States Municipalities and communities of Wagoner County, Oklahoma, United States
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Cities in Rogers County, Oklahoma - Cities in Wagoner County, Oklahoma - Cities in Oklahoma - Populated places on the Arkansas River - Tulsa urbane area
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