Pawhuska
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city in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Osage
- Founded
- 1872 (Deep Ford)
- Named after
- Paw-Hiu-Skah
- Mayor
- Steve Tolson
- Total
- 3.71 sq mi (9.61 km )
- Land
- 3.69 sq mi (9.57 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 820 ft (250 m)
- Density
- 808/sq mi (312/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Area code
- 539/918
- Fips code
- 40-57600
- Website
- www .pawhuska .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Pawhuska (/pɒˈhʌskə/ paw-HUSK-ə; Osage: 𐓄𐓘𐓢𐓶𐓮𐓤𐓘, romanized: hpahúska, lit. 'White Hair'; Iowa-Oto: Paháhga) is a city in and the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,984. It was named after the 19th-century Osage chief Paw-Hiu-Skah, which means "White Hair" in English. The Osage tribal government, which opened offices in Pawhuska in 1872 when its reservation was established in Indian Territory, continues to be based in Pawhuska.
History
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