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Broken Arrow
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city in Oklahoma, United States of America
Broken Arrow is a city located in Oklahoma that is part of the greater Tulsa metropolitan area. It is one of Oklahoma's largest cities and has grown significantly as a suburban community in the state.
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- Official name
- Broken Arrow
- Population
- 113540
- Area
- 161.060593
- Elevation
- 230
- Official website
- www.brokenarrowok.gov
- Image
- Downtown Broken Arrow.jpg
- Households
- 40189
- Dialing code
- 918
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- Commons category
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1902-00-00
- postal code
- 74014
- P8168
- Le Favril
- water as percent of area
- 0.9882
- per capita income
- 55753
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Broken Arrow (/ˈbroʊkənˈæroʊ/) is a city in Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the largest suburb of Tulsa. According to the 2020 census, Broken Arrow has a population of 113,540 residents and is the 4th most populous city in the state. The city is part of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, which has a population of 1,023,988 residents.
The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad sold lots for the town site in 1902 and company secretary William S. Fears named it Broken Arrow. The city was named for a community settled by Creek Native Americans who had been forced to relocate from Alabama to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears.