Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Oklahoma.
Fort Gibson grades C+ overall, 45th among Oklahoma's 131 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 90% of Oklahoma towns. On the other side, CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. Fort Gibson has 11 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Fort Gibson and Commandant's Quarters. Fort Gibson’s violent offense rate is 4.7 per 1,000 residents, above both Oklahoma’s towns (2.7) and U.S. towns (1.6).
Where Fort Gibson beats most towns.
Fort Gibson is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier. Its founding year, 1824, is the earliest of any Oklahoma town we grade.
Census counts: 617 in 1900, 3,814 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1830 and 3 maps from 1896 on.
11 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oklahoma), ordered by how far Fort Gibson is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Fort Gibson, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Fort Gibson.
Fort Gibson has schools in the top 5% of Oklahoma, trades workers with Muskogee and other neighbors and looks healthier within Oklahoma than nationally.
Across 1 park or preserve: 8.2 miles of trail. Fort Gibson’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.6 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: one, of 2 acres.
| Fort Gibson | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fort Gibson Splash Pad and Skate Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
That grade ranks #1 of the 130 Oklahoma towns we grade for schools.
The largest public high school is Fort Gibson HS, with 547 students. Three of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list. Its public schools are run by the Fort Gibson school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gibson Early Lrning CTRLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 414 | – |
| Fort Gibson HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 547 | B+ |
| Fort Gibson Intermediate EsTop results in townGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 374 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OK on state tests and graduation
Within Oklahoma it is healthier than 64% of the 131 graded towns: much of Oklahoma scores lower on these measures.
Just over a quarter of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Fort Gibson. This Oklahoma town tracks Oklahoma closely on all 32 CDC measures.
| Fort Gibson | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Oklahoma, it does better than 56% of towns. Fort Gibson’s rate of thefts and burglaries stands at 10.2 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Fort Gibson has about as many jobs (1,689) as working residents, but only 303 people both live and work here.
For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away. The typical journey to work in Fort Gibson is 18 minutes. Just 19% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The share of residents in Fort Gibson who live below the poverty line: 12%.
| Fort Gibson | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The national flood insurance program has paid 32 claims in Fort Gibson since 1984. On expected storm and flood damage, Fort Gibson sits above just over three fifths of U.S. communities. Also worth knowing: households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2022. Expected losses in Fort Gibson break down as 39% from inland flooding and 16% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
66.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 46.3% across Oklahoma.
For Fort Gibson, the typical rent is $739 a month. Values rose 2.7% in the 12 months to September 2026. On the market locally: a median 99 days to sell.
| Fort Gibson | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $739 a month | $875 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 62% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
By age, Fort Gibson looks like Oklahoma: each broad group is within 4 points. Its median age comes in at 38.6 years.
| Fort Gibson | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 20% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 36.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 16% | 18% |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women.
| Fort Gibson | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.4% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.2% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.8% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.1% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.7% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.9% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.7% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,800, single groups can be off by several points
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fort Gibson. Close and well known come first.
3 mi MuseumUSS Batfish
in town LandmarkFort Gibson
38 mi LakeEufaula Lake
9 mi MuseumFive Civilized Tribes Museum
18 mi MuseumCherokee Heritage Center
7 mi MuseumThree Rivers Museum2K visitors a yearUSS Batfish: Blackwing.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gibson: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer, Public domain · Eufaula Lake: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown, Public domain · Five Civilized Tribes Museum: Uyvsdi, Public domain · Cherokee Heritage Center: Uyvsdi, Public domain · Three Rivers Museum: JudeHalley, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Fort Gibson
About 4 of every 100 Fort Gibson residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
11 places in Fort Gibson on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Fort Gibson.
Town in Oklahoma, US
Fort Gibson is a town in Muskogee County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. A small portion extends north into Cherokee County. The town population was 3,814 as of the 2020 census, down from 4,154 in 2010. It is the location of Fort Gibson Historical Site and Fort Gibson National Cemetery and is located near the end of the Cherokees' Trail of Tears at Tahlequah. Colonel Matthew Arbuckle of the United States Army established Fort Gibson in 1824. The Army abandoned the fort in 1890. A recreation of the fort stands at the historic site, which was built as a Works Progress Administration project between 1935 and 1939, at a different location from the original fort. The town calls itself "The Oldest…
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One town shares a border with Fort Gibson.
| Town | OK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gibson | #45 | C+ | B− | C+ | A | C− |
| Muskogee | #127 | D− | B− | D− | B− | D− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fort Gibson grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #45 of 131 in Oklahoma. It grades C− for health, C+ for safety and A for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Within Oklahoma, it does better than 56% of towns.
That is 4.4 years of the area's median household income ($53,619 across the Muskogee, OK area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
7 notable people were born here, including Lee Wiley and George Wythe Baylor.
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