Talala, OK

Talala is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 258 residents. The Talala Post Office was established June 23, 1890. Talala was named for Captain John Talala of the 3rd Regiment, Indian Home Guard and a prominent Cherokee. On the property of the Museum, which was the original site of the Talala Post Office decades earlier, lies a statue made by the Talala artist Sandra VanZandt of two eagles with bricks surrounding it. In May 2012 three plaques honoring World War II veterans were displayed proudly nearby. A newcomer can read Talala through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Talala comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Talala is 19 miles northwest of Claremore, the county seat.