Rufe is an

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in western

McCurtain County McCurtain County is in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 33,151. Its county seat is Idabel. It was formed at statehood from part of the earlier Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory ...

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, United States, 10 miles northwest of Wright City. A

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was established at Rufe, Indian Territory on February 13, 1903. It was named for Rufus Wilson, husband of Mattie Wilson, first

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. Until the advent of Oklahoma's statehood in 1907 Rufe was located in

Cedar County, Choctaw Nation Cedar County was a political subdivision of the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory. The county formed part of the nation’s Apukshunnubbee District, or Second District, one of three administrative super-regions. The word for "Cedar" in the Ch ...

, in the

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. Its residents had much in common with those of other communities in the area, some of which, such as

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are now included in Pushmataha County.

Pine Creek Lake Pine Creek Lake is a lake in McCurtain County and Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, USA. It is north of Valliant, Oklahoma.Hugo Lake Hugo Lake is manmade lake located east of Hugo, in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is formed by Hugo Lake Dam on the Kiamichi River upstream from the Red River. The dam is visible from U.S. Route 70, which crosses its spillway ...

and

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are further to the west-southwest.

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