Sasakwa, OK

Sasakwa is a town in Seminole County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 80 residents. Sasakwa was originally located at a site 12 miles west of the present townsite, where Governor John E Brown, Seminole, established a trading post, cotton gin, and 16 room mansion where he fed vagrants and poor. A post office was established in 1880, and took the name from that given his trading post by Gov John E Brown, from the Seminole word meaning "wild goose". That mix gives Sasakwa 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. Sasakwa is located 13 miles south of Wewoka, the county seat. The town is on Oklahoma State Highway 56; Lake Konawa is to the west. Sasakwa is home to Seminole Chiefs John Jumper.