Poteau, Oklahoma Poteau, Oklahoma The Le - Flore County Courthouse is one of five sites in Poteau listed on the National Register of Historic Places The Le - Flore County Courthouse is one of five sites in Poteau listed on the National Register of Historic Places Location of Poteau, Oklahoma Location of Poteau, Oklahoma Country United States State Oklahoma Website City of Poteau Poteau (/ po to / poh-toh) is a town/city in, and governmental center of county of, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. The populace was 8,520 as of the 2010 census. Poteau was established in 1885, its name being derived from the close-by Poteau River. A group of French explorers gave the river its present name amid the early 18th Century.
Poteau is a French word meaning post. The Fort Smith and Southern Railway assembled a rail line through the Poteau region in 1886 1887, en route to Paris, Texas, including a station inside the town/city itself.
The Poteau postal service opened in 1887 and the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (acquired by the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1900) began serving the town in 1896.
Poteau was officially incorporated in 1898. View of Poteau Valley from Cavanal Hill.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 31.7 square miles (82 km2), of which 28.6 square miles (74 km2) is territory and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), or 9.54%, is water.
The town/city is positioned in the valley below Cavanal Hill, dubbed the "World's Highest Hill" as it is 1,999 feet high, although it was calculated from the top of the Le - Flore County Courthouse, not sea level.
The Poteau River, the only river in Oklahoma that flows north, is positioned near the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 12.8% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,178, and the median income for a family was $31,226.
About 19.3% of families and 22.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 31.8% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.
The Poteau Public School System includes Poteau Primary School, Poteau Upper Elementary School, Pansy Kidd Middle School and Poteau Senior High School. Pansy Kidd Middle School is titled in honor of Pansy Ingle Kidd (1890 1978), who taught in Poteau for over 40 years and was nicknamed the "Dean of Poteau's Teachers." John Montgomery, a black veterinarian, petitioned the Poteau Public School Board to eliminate the ethnic segregation of its schools. The board allowed his petition, resulting in the integration of the school fitness and marking Poteau as the first town/city in Oklahoma to allow African Americans to learn alongside white students in its major and secondary schools. Carl Albert State College, formerly known as Poteau Junior College, is one of the 13 state universities found in Oklahoma.
Kiamichi Technology Center, the biggest division of the Oklahoma Career - Tech System has a branch locale in Poteau.
Poteau is tied with a several other suburbs for the highest recorded temperature in the state of Oklahoma. Climate data for Poteau, OK (0) 0 Kenneth Corn former Oklahoma State Senator and Oklahoma State Representative who was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 2010.
Billy Hoffman nation music singer; raised in Poteau.
Mick Thompson current Oklahoma State Banking Commissioner and former Oklahoma State Representative.
Jesse Kemp - Forensic Toxicologist, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Oklahoma.
United States Geological Survey.
City of Poteau, Oklahoma.
Harold Crain, "Poteau," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Welcome to Poteau Public Schools," Poteau Public Schools, accessed March 25, 2015.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Poteau.
City of Poteau Downtown Poteau Poteau Chamber of Commerce Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory Municipalities and communities of Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States County seats in Oklahoma
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