Taft, OK

Taft is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 174 residents. The locale began as an all-black town on land allotted to Creek Freedmen. Taft is named for President William Howard Taft. A newcomer can read Taft through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Taft comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Taft community began as an all-black town on land allotted to freedmen of the Muscogee Nation. Taft was originally named "Twine", for William H. Taft is in northwestern Muskogee County, approximately 10 miles west of Muskogee, the county seat.