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Welcome to the Fort Towson Home page. The Fort Towson Home page provides as much information as possible on Fort Towson. Knowing Fort Towson’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Fort Towson’s Home page, you will also find Fort Towson’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Fort Towson has a population of 551. 52.6% of Fort Towson’s inhabitants are Male, and 47.4 are female. 52.4% of Fort Towson is married and 73.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $98,234, and the average rent is $619. Household median income in Fort Towson is $44,286, and the individual median income is $23,357. Fort Towson’s Ethnic is the following: White(81.3%), Multiple(11.4%), Native(5.3%), Other(2%), Hispanic(1.6%).


The fort was first established to protect the southern border of the Indian Territory against Spanish colonies to the south. After Indian Removal and the resettlement of the Choctaw in the area, the fort was revived to protect Doaksville, a mile to the west. It became the economic capital of the Choctaw Nation.


Fort Towson Landing was located at the head of navigable waters of the Red River. The site was located in Towson County, one of the constituent counties comprising the Apukshunnubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. The Choctaw allied with the Confederacy in the Civil War. Chief Peter Pitchlynn surrendered on behalf of the Choctaw in June 1865. Fort Towson was the site of the surrender of the last Confederate land forces in the American Civil War.


On 23 June 1865, Brigadier General Stand Watie, a Cherokee chief, agreed to terms and took his Choctaw Battalion out of the war.During the 1950s, Raymond Gary Lake and Raymond Gary State Park were created, and in 1979, Fort Towson's town limits were extended to include the lake's residents. Thus, the 1980 census recorded a population of 789.


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