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Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

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The town of Fort Gibson is located in Muskogee County.

Typical abbreviation for Fort Gibson: Ft. Gibson (or less commonly used: Frt. Gibson)

Fort Gibson is 150 feet [45.72 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Fort Gibson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Indiana has a community (now historic<2>) that is also named Fort Gibson.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Fort Gibson had a population of 4,054 people<3> (or 5.84% of the total population of Muskogee County). The population of Fort Gibson represented 0.12% of the total of Oklahoma, making it the state's 83rd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Fort Gibson had a population of 4,368 people. This is an increase of 7.75% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Fort Gibson.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
20084,368+7.75%+1.02% since 2007
20074,324+6.66%+1.34% since 2006
20064,267+5.25%+1.07% since 2005
20054,222+4.14% 
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20004,054The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Gore   SE18 mi [28.97 km]9096.94% increase
 Hulbert   NE12 mi [19.31 km]5400.55% decrease
 Muskogee   SW5 mi [8.05 km]40,0994.67% increase
 Okay   NW6 mi [9.66 km]5891.34% decrease
 Porter   NW15 mi [24.14 km]5953.66% increase
 Taft   W16 mi [25.75 km]60974.5% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Fort Gibson.


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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Fort Gibson? Please visit the Map Page for Fort Gibson.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Gibson - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Gibson, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fort Gibson.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Gibson and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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