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405/572. FIPS code. 40-66800 [ 3] GNIS feature ID. 2411879 [ 2] Website. ShawneeOK.org. Shawnee ( Meskwaki: Shânîheki[ 4]) is a city in and the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. [ 5] The population was 29,857 in 2010, a 4.9 percent increase from the figure of 28,692 in 2000. [ 6]
Edwina Butler-Wolfe is a Shawnee politician. She served as governor of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma from 2013 until 2019, totaling three terms. She is the only woman to serve as Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma governor. She is also the only Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma governor to be elected ...
The Constitution of Oklahoma calls for the election of a governor every four years, to take office on the second Monday in January after the election. [22] Originally, governors could not succeed themselves, with no limit on total terms; [ 23 ] a 1966 constitutional amendment allowed them to succeed themselves once. [ 24 ]
Oklahoma City ( / ˌoʊkləˈhoʊmə -/ ⓘ ), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, [ 9] it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States.
Tecumseh ( Meskwaki: Takamithîheki[ 4]) is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. The population was 6,302 by the 2020 United States census. [ 5] It was named for the noted Shawnee chief, Tecumseh. The locale was designated as the county seat at Oklahoma's statehood, but a county-wide election moved the seat to Shawnee in 1930.
During his tenure, the tribe broke ground on a new health care center expansion in Little Axe, Oklahoma. He also created a relief fund for tribal members from CARES Act monies, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, distributing checks to people in need. Personal life. Johnson married his wife, Janet, in the late 1970s.
t. e. Oklahoma is a state located in the Southern United States. [ 1] According to the 2020 census, Oklahoma is the 28th most populous state with 3,959,353 inhabitants but the 19th largest by land area spanning 68,594.92 square miles (177,660.0 km 2) of land. Oklahoma is divided into 77 counties and contains 596 municipalities consisting of ...
Wewoka, Oklahoma. / 35.14389°N 96.49667°W / 35.14389; -96.49667. Wewoka is a city in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,271 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Seminole County. [ 5] Founded by a Black Seminole, John Coheia, and Black Seminoles in January 1849, Wewoka is the capital of the Seminole ...