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Oklahoma // Oklahoma City, OK // Southwest Region // Central Time (The Sooner State)
Territory established:	May 2, 1890
Statehood granted:	November 16, 1907 // 46^th State
Oklahoma was formed out of land from the Louisiana Purchase, and the "panhandle" which was ceded by the State of Texas to the federal government in 1850.
[View maps of Oklahoma evolution]


#4315 // August 11, 2011 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Oklahoma State Flag and oil-pumping equipment	#1988 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Oklahoma Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Musicivora forficata) and Mistletoe	#1678 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Oklahoma State Flag

	#972 // October 15, 1948 // Muskogee, OK Indian Centennial Arrival of the Five Civilized Indian Tribes Cherokee, Chikasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole in Indian Territory, later Oklahoma Map of Indian Territory and seals of the five tribes
[View map of forced displacment of Native American tribes by the US Government]

#1092 // June 14, 1957 // Oklahoma City, OK
50^th Anniversary of
Oklahoma Statehood

Topographical outline of the state,
Indian Arrow and Atom Diagram


#1360 // October 15, 1968 // Ponca, OK	#2754 // April 17, 1993 // Enid, OK
75^th and 100^th Anniversary of the opening of the Cherokee Strip to settlers on September 16, 1893 Racing for Homesteads


#2722 // March 30, 1993 // Oklahoma City, OK 50^th Anniversary of the premiere of the Musical "OKLAHOMA!" at St. James Theater on Broadway, NYC Principal performers Farm girl Laurey Williams and Cowboy Curly McLain The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' play (1930) "Green Grow the Lilacs"	#4121 // January 11, 2007 // Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma Statehood Centennial Sunrise over the Cimarron River, (painting by Oklahoma artist Mike Larsen, born in 1944), "Oh, what a beautiful mornin' ...", lyrics from the musical "OKLAHOMA!" first performed in 1943

#3596 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state)
Greetings from Oklahoma

Illustration of contemporary postcard
in the style of the 1930s/1940s

View Oklahoma state quarter
View Oklahoma state map
View Oklahoma clock

The origin of the state name are two words of the language of the Choctaw Indian tribe, meaning "red people". Oklahoma has the second largest Native American population after California. Find out more facts & trivia
Land Area rounded mi² [km²] 68,667 [177.847] ranked 19^th	Population (census 2010) 3,751,351 ranked 28^th (American Indians 406,492 - 8.6%)	Population Density per mi² [km²] of land area 55 [21] ranked 37^th
The State of Oklahoma has 77 counties.
Historic Route 66 leads 432 miles (695 km) through Oklahoma.

#UX130 // April 22, 1989 // Guthrie, OK
Stamped Postal Card
Settling of Oklahoma
First Land Run
Centennial

Racing for Homesteads