Webbers Falls, Oklahoma
Webbers Falls, Oklahoma | |
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Location in Oklahoma | |
| Coordinates: 35°30′39″N 95°07′48″W / 35.5108°N 95.13°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Muskogee |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.20 sq mi (10.87 km2) |
| • Land | 4.19 sq mi (10.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 482 ft (147 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 338 |
| • Density | 80.7/sq mi (31.14/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 74470 |
| Area codes | 539/918 |
| FIPS code | 40-79650 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2413461 |
| Website | webbersfallsok |
Webbers Falls is a town in southeastern Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 338 at the 2020 census, down from 616 in 2010.
The name comes from a seven-foot waterfall in the Arkansas River named in honor of Walter Webber, a Cherokee chief who established a trading post here in 1818. He was a leader among the Western Cherokee, also called "Old Settlers". They had a treaty with the United States government by 1828, which helped settle some conflicts with the Osage people, who had been forced to give up land to the Cherokee.
In the late 1830s and 1840, thousands of Cherokee from the Southeast were forcibly moved into Indian Territory as a result of the US policy of Indian Removal.