Fort Cobb Oklahoma History

Fort Cobb is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 518 at the 2020 census. Fort Cobb was established as a U.S. Army frontier post in Indian Territory on October 1, 1859, 1 mile east of the present location of the town. The fort was named after Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb, a friend of the founding officer, Major Willi…
Fort Cobb is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 518 at the 2020 census. Fort Cobb was established as a U.S. Army frontier post in Indian Territory on October 1, 1859, 1 mile east of the present location of the town. The fort was named after Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb, a friend of the founding officer, Major William Emory. The post was later occupied by both Southern and Northern forces during the Civil War, the Union taking control of the fort as part of the 1862 Tonkawa massacre.
  • Elevation: 1,345 ft (410 m)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Oklahoma
  • County: Caddo
  • ZIP code: 73038
  • Area code: 405/572
  • FIPS code: 40-27100

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