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Fort Gibson, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 4054
Housing Units (2000): 1563
Land area (2000): 13.433112 sq. miles (34.791598 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.583542 sq. miles (1.511367 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 14.016654 sq. miles (36.302965 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27200
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.794861 N, 95.253090 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74434
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Fort Gibson

Fort Gibson is now located adjacent to the present day city of Fort Gibson, in Muskogee County Oklahoma. It is designated the Fort Gibson Historical Site. It guarded the American frontier in Indian Territory from 1824 until 1888. When constructed, the fort lay farther west than any other military post in the United States; it formed part of the north–south chain of forts intended to maintain peace on the frontier of the American West and to protect the southwestern border of the Louisiana Purchase. The fort succeeded in its peacekeeping mission for more than 50 years, as no massacres or battles occurred there.

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But anybody outfitting for the western ride would go to Fort Gibson.