Weleetka, OK

Weleetka is a town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 806 residents. Weleetka is approximately 10 miles southeast of Okemah, the county seat. Clarke of Vinita, Lake Moore of Fairland and John Jacobs of Holdenville, decided in 1899 to form a partnership and find a new town where they might find prosperity together. The through line in Weleetka is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Weleetka makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The partners selected a suitable town site on a hill just north of the Canadian River that was owned by Martha Lowe, a Creek Indian who had received an allotment. Weleetka is 10 miles southeast of the county seat, Okemah. The townsite is on a horseshoe bend of the North Canadian River.