Taft

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Taft is a small town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, historically known as one of the state's all-Black communities.

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Taft, Oklahoma 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
municipality
town
areaCode 539
918
climate humid subtropical climate
continent North America
coordinateSystem geographic coordinates
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision Muskogee County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
countySeatOf none
currency US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
demographicGroup African Americans NERFINISHED
ethnicCharacter historically all-Black community
governmentType town government
hasFeature predominantly African American population (historically)
hasJurisdiction residents of Taft, Oklahoma
hasLanguage English
hasMinorityHistory African American self-governed community
hasSettlementType town
historicalPeriod post-Reconstruction era
historicalSignificance one of Oklahoma’s historically all-Black towns
legalSystem U.S. and Oklahoma state law
locatedIn Muskogee County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
United States South Central region
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Muskogee County, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion eastern Oklahoma NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedNear Muskogee, Oklahoma NERFINISHED
namedAfter William Howard Taft NERFINISHED
observesDaylightSavingTime yes
partOf all-Black towns in Oklahoma
historically Black towns in the United States
populationCharacteristic small population
postalCode 74463
regionalContext Green Country region of Oklahoma NERFINISHED
state Oklahoma
timezone CST
transportationAccess local roads in Muskogee County

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