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Fort Towson, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 611
Housing Units (2000): 319
Land area (2000): 5.567259 sq. miles (14.419133 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.371263 sq. miles (0.961566 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.938522 sq. miles (15.380699 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27400
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.020042 N, 95.279374 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74735
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 319
Land area (2000): 5.567259 sq. miles (14.419133 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.371263 sq. miles (0.961566 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.938522 sq. miles (15.380699 sq. km)
FIPS code: 27400
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 34.020042 N, 95.279374 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74735
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Fort Towson
Fort Towson was a frontier outpost for Frontier Army Quartermasters along the Permanent Indian Frontier located about two miles (3 km) northeast of the present community of Fort Towson, Oklahoma. Located on Gates Creek near the confluence of the Kiamichi River and the Red River in present-day Choctaw County, Oklahoma, it was named for General Nathaniel Towson.