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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Choctaw
- Total
- 6.33 sq mi (16.39 km )
- Land
- 6.31 sq mi (16.34 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 551 ft (168 m)
- Density
- 818.8/sq mi (316.13/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 40-36300
- Website
- hugook .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Hugo
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Choctaw County
- Population
- 5166
- Area
- 16.637226
- Elevation
- 166
- Capital of
- Choctaw County
- Image
- Hugo Daily News Hugo Oklahoma 1-1-2010.jpg
- Households
- 2091
- Dialing code
- 580
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Encyclopedic overview
Hugo is a city in and the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in southeastern Oklahoma, approximately 9 miles (14 km) north of the Texas state line. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 5,166.
The city was founded in 1901 and named for the French novelist Victor Hugo. In the postwar 20th century, the city served as winter quarters for some circus companies and performers. A cemetery has a section for circus personnel. Nearby is one of the oldest boarding schools west of the Mississippi: Goodland Academy, begun in 1848 as a Presbyterian mission, school and orphanage for Native American children.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hugo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.