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Oologah is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. Renowned humorist Will Rogers was born upon a ranch two miles east of Oologah, although he usually claimed Claremore as his birthplace “because nobody but an Indian can pronounce ‘Oologah.'”
There has been disagreement approximately the proper spelling for the town name. The endorsed spelling is now Oologah. It was often spelled Oolagah in the past statehood, and this spelling appears upon some antiquated buildings.

In 1889, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway (later, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, subsequently a portion of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and currently, the Union Pacific Railroad) laid tracks through the Place and expected a townsite named Oologah, Indian Territory. Oologah was named for Oologah (Dark Cloud), a Cherokee chief. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture says that the Oklahoma Federal Writers’ Project claimed the pronounce translates from the Cherokee as “red horse fish,” while some supplementary sources say that the publicize means “cloudy weather” or just “clouds.”The post office was opened May 25, 1891.

Early in the 20th century, the town flourished because of agriculture, coal mining, and oil and gas production. However, these were hard hit during the Great Depression. The town’s population declined from 324 in 1910 to 236 in 1940. The population had recovered to 299 in 1960. Construction of Oologah dam and lake in 1963, east of town, revitalized the town, which has continued to grow.