Silver City is a community situated between
Tulsa
Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...
and
Stillwater in
Creek County
Creek County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,754. Its county seat is Sapulpa.
Creek County is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area.
History
European explorers traveled through t ...
,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
, United States, about 10 minutes east of
Oilton. It was once a farming and ranching community, though all that remains of the town is one abandoned convenience store, a fire department, a church, 10 homes, 50 people and a machine shop.
This is not to be confused with the early
Indian Territory
Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the Federal government of the United States, United States government for the relocation of Native Americans in the United States, ...
settlement known as Silver City, which was located to the east of
Minco, Oklahoma and north of
Tuttle, Oklahoma
Tuttle is a city in Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,413 with the close of the 2020 census, seeing a 23.2% increase from 6,010 in 2010.
History
Located east of the Chisholm Trail, Tuttle was developed as a farming ...
.
References
Geography of Creek County, Oklahoma
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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