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Coalgate
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city in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Coal
- Total
- 1.86 sq mi (4.81 km )
- Land
- 1.81 sq mi (4.70 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 614 ft (187 m)
- Density
- 917.9/sq mi (354.41/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 40-15800
- Website
- www .cityofcoalgate .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Coalgate is a city in and the county seat of Coal County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Coalgate had a population of 1,667. The town was founded in 1889 in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory as a coal mining camp named Liddle. The name changed to Coalgate on January 23, 1890.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coalgate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.