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Hugo is a city in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, bordering Texas. Hugo is the county seat for Choctaw County and has a population of 5,395 as of 2009 estimates. The city serves as winter quarters for some circus performers. It is adjacent to the oldest school west of the Mississippi: Goodland Academy, begun in 1848.
The town is located in a cultural area of the state known as Little Dixie, as it was settled by Native American tribes, African Americans and European Americans from the Southeast United States. It is near the tourist area of Kiamichi Country.
Hugo is the starting point of the Indian Nation Turnpike, a 105-mile four-laned highway which runs northeast to Interstate 40 in Henryetta, providing a vital transportation link from southeastern Oklahoma to the state’s largest cities, Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
This was part of the Indian Territory to which the United States government relocated Native American tribes from east of the Mississippi River in the…
