Illinois River
The Illinois River is a 145-mile-long tributary of the Arkansas River in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The Osage Indians named it Ne-eng-wah-kon-dah, which translates as "Medicine Stone River".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Also known as: “Illinoy River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Webbers Falls and Gore.
Webbers Falls
Village
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Webbers Falls is a town in southeastern Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 338 at the 2020 census, down from 616 in 2010. The name comes from a seven-foot waterfall in the Arkansas River named in honor of Walter Webber, a Cherokee chief who established a trading post here in 1818. Webbers Falls is situated 2½ miles northwest of Illinois River.
Gore
Village
Gore is a town in western Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 977 at the 2010 census, an increase of 15 percent over the figure of 850 recorded in 2000. Gore is situated 3 miles north of Illinois River.
Illinois River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sequoyah, Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Illinois River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Illinois”
- Cebuano: “Illinois River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Oklahoma)”
- Cebuano: “Illinois River”
- Chinese: “伊利諾伊河 (俄克拉何馬州)”
- French: “rivière Illinois”
- French: “Rivière Illinois”
- Irish: “Abhainn Illinois”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Illinois River”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Illinois River”
- Urdu: “دریائے الینوائے”
- Venetian: “Illinois”
- Welsh: “Afon Illinois”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gore Landing and Carlisle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hanks Cemetery and Foreman Cemetery.
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