THE FORT GIBSON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Osage Cuestas setting.
Fort Gibson town has 13.4 square miles of land in Cherokee County, Muskogee County. Its Census reference point is in Osage Cuestas, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Fort Gibson intersects 2 county geographies: Cherokee County, Muskogee County. A Fort Gibson mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Fort Gibson by land and water
The Census records 0.65 square miles of water within Fort Gibson, or 4.7% of its total area. It is 2.8 percentage points higher than the 1.9% recorded for Oklahoma. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fort Gibson town has 6.3 times the land area of nearby Mallard Bay CDP (2.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

