Place:Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States

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NameWetumka
Alt namesWetumpkasource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS40011793
TypeCity
Coordinates35.239°N 96.24°W
Located inHughes, Oklahoma, United States
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Wetumka is a city in northern Hughes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,282 at the 2010 census, a decline of 11.7 percent from the figure of 1,451 recorded in 2000. First settled by the Muscogee Creek after removal in the 1830s, they named it for their ancestral town of Wetumpka, in Alabama. Wetumka is a Muskogee language word meaning "tumbling water."

In the 21st century, it is the headquarters for two federally recognized tribes, the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town and the Kialegee Tribal Town. The town holds Sucker Day annually, on the last Saturday in September.[1]

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