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Bookertee, Oklahoma

Coordinates: 35°22′2.35″N 96°5′0.01″W / 35.3673194°N 96.0833361°W / 35.3673194; -96.0833361
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Bookertee, Oklahoma
Bookertee is located in Oklahoma
Bookertee
Bookertee
Bookertee is located in the United States
Bookertee
Bookertee
Coordinates: 35°22′2.35″N 96°5′0.01″W / 35.3673194°N 96.0833361°W / 35.3673194; -96.0833361
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
CountyOkfuskee
Elevation
760 ft (232 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Bookertee is a ghost town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Bookertee is a historical all black town.[1] It is supposedly named after Booker T. Washington. Nothing remains there, and a railway runs through it.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Historic All-Black Towns in Oklahoma". African-American Resource Center. Tulsa City-County Library. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  2. ^ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bookertee,+OK+74437/@35.3673522,-96.1039346,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x87b46a62245beb8f:0x80f9bf3cac4c1be2!8m2!3d35.3673195!4d-96.083335!16s%2Fm%2F04bjgcb?entry=ttu