Poteau River
The Poteau River is a river located in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma extending 141 miles. It is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north and is the seventh-largest river in the state.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Poteau Creek”, “Poto River”, and “Pottoe River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Smith National Historic Site and Fort Smith Trolley Museum.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Park
Photo: Photolitherland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Smith National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River. The first fort at this site was established by the United States in 1817, before this area was established as part of Indian Territory.
Fort Smith Trolley Museum
Museum
Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort Smith Trolley Museum is a streetcar and railroad museum in Fort Smith, in the U.S. state of Arkansas, which includes an operating heritage streetcar line.
Fort Smith Museum of History
Museum
Photo: Eringrapejuice, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort Smith Museum of History is located at 320 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The museum is devoted to presenting the history of Fort Smith and the surrounding region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Smith and Moffett.
Fort Smith
Photo: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Smith is in northwest Arkansas and borders Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Sebastian County. The city has a population of 80,286 which makes it the third largest city in Arkansas behind Little Rock and Fayetteville.
Moffett
Village
Moffett is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Moffett had a population of 38.
Arkoma
Village
Arkoma is a town in LeFlore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Arkoma had a population of 1,806. The name of the town is a portmanteau of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Arkoma is situated 2½ miles south of Poteau River.
Poteau River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: LeFlore, Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Poteau River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر بوتيو”
- Catalan: “Poteau”
- Cebuano: “Poteau River”
- Chinese: “波托河”
- Dutch: “Poteau River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بوتيو”
- French: “Poteau”
- French: “rivière Poteau”
- Irish: “Abhainn Poteau”
- Russian: “Пото”
- Russian: “Река Пото”
- Venetian: “Poteau”
- Welsh: “Afon Poteau”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belle Point and Fort Smith Trolly Museum.
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