Piney, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 35°53′15″N 94°33′13″W / 35.88750°N 94.55361°W / 35.88750; -94.55361
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Piney, Oklahoma
FIPS code
40-59100[3]
GNIS feature ID2584389[1]

Piney is a

Cherokee people
(the "Old Settlers") who relocated there from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States.

History

Piney was established in the

Arkansas state line.[5] In 1828, the eastern border of the Indian Territory was finally drawn (running just one mile east of the settlement), and the old Arkansaw Territory was split into two. A permanent Cherokee Nation capital city was also being built in the more centrally located Tahlonteeskee (in Sequoyah County,) located deeper in the new Indian Territory. Most of the Cherokee residents of Piney soon migrated further west into their designated districts in the Indian Territory following the split. A Baptist missionary, Duncan O'Bryant, who had served in Piney for a time, remained behind. He died in 1834 and his grave is located there.[5]

Piney had a post office from November 24, 1913, to August 20, 1921. The town reached its largest size circa 1916. It had a general store (where the post office was located); a gristmill; a blacksmith's shop; and a school, which is now used as a community building. The incorporated town continued until 1940.[5] The original settlement of Piney is now considered a ghost town, although some residents still live in the area (2011).[5]

Geography

Piney is located in eastern Adair County, 1 mile (2 km) west of the Arkansas border. The Piney CDP has a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 km2), of which 4.5 square miles (11.7 km2) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km2), or 1.32%, is water.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020101
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Piney, Oklahoma
  2. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Piney CDP, Oklahoma". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
  5. ^ ; accessed November 2015
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.