Oologah, Indian Territory, United States

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former populated place historic settlement

Oologah, Indian Territory, United States was a small late-19th-century settlement in what is now Oklahoma, best known as the birthplace of American humorist and entertainer Will Rogers.

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Oologah, Indian Territory 1
Oologah, Indian Territory, United States canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Cherokee ⓘ
surface form: Cherokee people
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedAround railroad line ⓘ
era pre-statehood Oklahoma ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion northeastern Oklahoma ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Oologah Lake ⓘ
Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch ⓘ
hasNotablePersonBornHere Will Rogers ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction Indian Territory ⓘ
surface form: United States Indian Territory government
historicalRegion Indian Territory ⓘ
knownFor being the birthplace of Will Rogers ⓘ
languageOfToponymOrigin Cherokee language ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Territory ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Oklahoma ⓘ
Rogers County, Oklahoma ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
namedAfter Oologah Creek ⓘ
notableFor association with early life of Will Rogers ⓘ
partOf Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
predecessorOf Oologah, Oklahoma ⓘ
presentDaySettlement Oologah, Oklahoma ⓘ
timeOfSignificance circa 1870s–1907 ⓘ
toponymMeaning "dark cloud" (commonly cited meaning) ⓘ

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Will Rogers → placeOfBirth → Oologah, Indian Territory, United States ⓘ
William Penn Adair Rogers → placeOfBirth → Oologah, Indian Territory, United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oologah, Indian Territory