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Keota is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 564 at the 2010 census, a 9.1 percent increase from 517 at the 2000 census.〔(CensusViewer:Population of the City of Keota, Oklahoma )〕 The town was first called "KeeOtter", and was later changed to "Keota". The town's name may come from a Choctaw word meaning "the fire gone out", referring to an entire tribe being destroyed by disease.〔("Robert S. Kerr, Lock And Dam 15." L.L. Bean Park Finder. Retrieved January 19, 2015. )〕 Another account is that Keota was derived from "Jim Keese", a rancher who owned the land where the townsite was located, and "Otter," for Otter Creek, a tributary of the Sans Bois Creek which winds its way through town.〔Hyder, Glenn O. ("Keota," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed March 30, 2015.〕〔 〕 ==History== Keota began as a tent town and trading post, but quickly flourished. Keota was founded in 1904 by the Midland Valley Railroad's land company, and a post office was established in 1905. By 1911, the town supported several businesses, a hotel, and a lumberyard. The town supported local cotton growers, and was a railroad shipping point for their product. In 1971, the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System was established on the Arkansas River, about 10 miles north of Keota. A dam on the river created the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, which reach down to Keota. This enabled the Port of Keota to be established. Light industry was beginning to be drawn to the town at the end of the twentieth century, though by 2013, little remained of the port but a boatlaunch, and the railway had long been abandoned.〔〔 On December 31, 1974, the nearby Otter Creek Archaeological Site (NR 74001661) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keota, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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