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Checotah City Profile

Official State Website URL- http://www.ok.gov

Checotah is located in Oklahoma. In Checotah, OK, there are about three thousand, four hundred and eighty-one citizens. In Checotah, OK, there are one thousand, three hundred and eighty-nine households. There are really good schools. The median income for a household is twenty-two thousand, twenty-nine dollars. There are 1,522 males and 1,959 females in Checotah, OK. The city has many sportsgrounds and recreation facilities.

Checotah, Oklahoma
Location of Checotah, Oklahoma
Location of Checotah, Oklahoma
Coordinates: 35°28′19″N 95°31′26″W / 35.47194, -95.52389
Country United States
State Oklahoma
County McIntosh
Area
 - Total 9.0 sq mi (23.3 km²)
 - Land 8.9 sq mi (23.2 km²)
 - Water 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km²)
Elevation 650 ft (198 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 3,481
 - Density 389.3/sq mi (150.3/km²)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 74426
Area code(s) 918
FIPS code 40-13650GR2
GNIS feature ID 1091227GR3


Checotah is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States, named for the first elected Chief of the Creek Nation after the Civil War, Samuel Checote.

Checotah is home to a large number of antique malls, a Civil War battle site and a downtown historic district. Checotah claims to be Steerwrestling Capital of the World. It is the hometown of 2005 American Idol winner Carrie Underwood and country music singer Mel McDaniel as well as Paul H. Carr, the WWII naval hero, for whom the USS Carr (FFG-52) is named. The telephone area code is 918 and the postal ZIP code is 74426.