Fort Coffee, OK

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Image credit: War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers. 1818-9/18/1947 / Public domain
Population
348
U.S. Census Population Estimates Program · 2025
Elevation
464 ft
Median Home Value
$83,700
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Rent
$758/mo
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$35,000
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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About Fort Coffee

Fort Coffee is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. Originally constructed as a U. S. Despite the Spiro, Oklahoma mailing address, the Spiro Mounds and the Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center are in Fort Coffee. Mayo Lock and Dam, part of the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, is just northeast of town, while a boat ramp with access to the river above W. That mix gives Fort Coffee a clear local shape within Oklahoma, with older layers still visible in current places.

The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Army fort in 1834, it was named for U. Most of the travel was by water, and the site of Fort Coffee became a port on the Arkansas River. In 1834, the Choctaw Nation petitioned the U.S. War Department to construct a fort that would stop the flow of alcohol and other illegal items from flowing into their territory along the Arkansas River.

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