Spiro
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town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- County
- Le Flore
- Total
- 2.43 sq mi (6.30 km )
- Land
- 2.35 sq mi (6.08 km )
- Water
- 0.085 sq mi (0.22 km )
- Elevation
- 489 ft (149 m)
- Density
- 895.2/sq mi (345.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 539/918
- Fips code
- 40-69350
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Spiro
- Population
- 2102
- Area
- 6.344865
- Elevation
- 150
- Image
- Spirospiderlarge.png
- Households
- 908
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- Commons category
- Spiro Site
- postal code
- 74959
- water as percent of area
- 3.4543
- per capita income
- 17705
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Spiro is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Spiro had a population of 2,102.
Developed as a railroad station in an agricultural area in the late 19th century, the small town is notable for its proximity to the Spiro Mounds, a Mississippian culture center that was active from about 900 to 1450 CE that was part of a culture in Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. Today, the 80-acre site, with several earthwork mounds, is preserved as Oklahoma's only State Archeological Park and one of North America's most important archaeological sites. It is the westernmost site of the expansive Mississippian culture, which had associated centers through the Mississippi and tributary river valleys.