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___MASK47___ is a state in the southern region ___MASK23___ the United States , with part ___MASK23___ its southern border formed by the ___MASK56___ . Its western border is formed by the ___MASK47___ River . Interstate 555 ( I - 555 ) is a future Interstate Highway that is slated to connect Turrell , ___MASK73___ , at I - 55 to Jonesboro at ___MASK73___ Highway 91 ( Hwy . 91 ) . I - 555 will travel along what is currently U . S . Route 63 ( US 63 ) . That highway was upgraded in the 2000s to Interstate Highway standards . The road is currently awaiting Interstate status pending a second crossing between Payneway and Marked Tree to accommodate farm equipment . I - 555 will be the second Interstate with all three digits the same , to exist , the first to be signed as an Interstate ( I - 444 in Oklahoma is unsigned ) . Another three - digit interstate with the same number is proposed and is Interstate 222 , a connector between I - 22 and I - 422 in Alabama . Turrell is a city in ___MASK35___ , ___MASK73___ , United States . The population was 615 at the 2010 census , down from 957 at the 2000 census . The Territory ___MASK23___ Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory ___MASK23___ the United States that existed from May 2 , 1890 , until November 16 , 1907 , when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as the State ___MASK23___ Oklahoma . A census is the procedure ___MASK23___ systematically acquiring and recording information about the members ___MASK23___ a given population . It is a regularly occurring and official count ___MASK23___ a particular population . The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses ; other common censuses include agriculture , business , and traffic censuses . The United Nations defines the essential features ___MASK23___ population and housing censuses as " individual enumeration , universality within a defined territory , simultaneity and defined periodicity ", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years . United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected , official definitions , classifications and other useful information to co - ordinate international practice . The Federal Highway Administration ( FHWA ) is a division ___MASK23___ the United States Department ___MASK23___ Transportation that specializes in highway transportation . The agency ' s major activities are grouped into two " programs ," the Federal - aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program . Its role had previously been performed by the Office ___MASK23___ Road Inquiry , Office ___MASK23___ Public Roads and the Bureau ___MASK23___ Public Roads . A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender ___MASK23___ some known right or privilege . ___MASK60___ is the capital and largest city ___MASK23___ the state ___MASK23___ Oklahoma . The county seat ___MASK23___ Oklahoma County , the city ranks 27th among United States cities in population . The population grew following the 2010 Census , with the population estimated to have increased to 631 , 346 as ___MASK23___ July 2015 . As ___MASK23___ 2015 , the ___MASK60___ metropolitan area had a population ___MASK23___ 1 , 358 , 452 , and the ___MASK60___ - Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population ___MASK23___ 1 , 459 , 758 ( Chamber ___MASK23___ Commerce ) residents , making it Oklahoma ' s largest metropolitan area . The ___MASK73___ Delta is one ___MASK23___ the six natural regions ___MASK23___ the state ___MASK23___ ___MASK73___ . Willard B . Gatewood Jr ., author ___MASK23___ " The ___MASK73___ Delta : Land ___MASK23___ Paradox ", says that rich cotton lands ___MASK23___ the ___MASK73___ Delta make that area " The Deepest ___MASK23___ the Deep South ." As general terms , ___MASK14___ Territory , the ___MASK14___ Territories , or ___MASK14___ country describe an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation ___MASK23___ Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land . In general , the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for land grants in an area purchased by the United States federal government from Napoleonic France , the ___MASK94___ Purchase . The concept ___MASK23___ an ___MASK14___ Territory was an outcome ___MASK23___ the 18th - and 19th - century policy ___MASK23___ ___MASK14___ removal . After the Civil War , the policy ___MASK23___ the government was one ___MASK23___ assimilation . ___MASK73___ is a state located in the southeastern region ___MASK23___ the United States . Its name is ___MASK23___ Siouan derivation from the language ___MASK23___ the Osage denoting their related kin , the Quapaw Indians . The state ' s diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions ___MASK23___ the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains , which make up the U . S . Interior Highlands , to the densely forested land in the south known as the ___MASK73___ Timberlands , to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the ___MASK73___ Delta . A highway is any public ___MASK31___ or other public way on land . It is used for major roads , but also includes other public roads and public tracks : It is " not " an equivalent term to controlled - access highway , or a translation for " autobahn ", " autoroute ", etc . Standards for Interstate Highways in the United States are defined by the American Association ___MASK23___ State Highway and Transportation Officials ( AASHTO ) in the publication " A Policy on Design Standards : Interstate System ". For a certain highway to be considered an Interstate Highway , it must meet these construction requirements or obtain a waiver from the Federal Highway Administration . The Ouachita Mountains are a ___MASK57___ range in west central Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma . The range ' s subterranean roots may extend as far as central Texas , or beyond it to the current location ___MASK23___ the Marathon Uplift . Along with the Ozark Mountains , the Ouachita Mountains form the U . S . Interior Highlands , one ___MASK23___ the few major mountainous regions between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains . The highest peak in the Ouachitas is Mount Magazine in west - central Arkansas which rises to . The ___MASK47___ River is the chief river ___MASK23___ the largest drainage system on the North American continent . Flowing entirely in the United States ( although its drainage basin reaches into Canada ), it rises in ___MASK2___ Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the ___MASK47___ River Delta at the ___MASK56___ . With its many tributaries , the ___MASK47___ ' s watershed drains all or parts ___MASK23___ 31 U . S . states and 2 Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains . The ___MASK47___ ranks as the fourth longest and fifteenth largest river in the world by discharge . The river either borders or passes through the states ___MASK23___ Minnesota , ___MASK86___ , Iowa , Illinois , ___MASK37___ , Kentucky , Tennessee , Arkansas , ___MASK47___ , and Louisiana . The Quapaw ( or ___MASK73___ and Ugahxpa ) people are a tribe ___MASK23___ Native Americans that coalesced in the Midwest and Ohio Valley . The tribe historically migrated to the west side ___MASK23___ the Mississippi River and resettled in what is now the state ___MASK23___ ___MASK73___ ; this migration is the source ___MASK23___ the tribe ' s name in their language which references going down the river . The territory and state ___MASK23___ ___MASK73___ were named for them , as Europeans first learned their name as the " Arkansea ", the term used by the Algonquian - speaking Illinois Confederation traders encountered to the east . The Quapaw are among the Siouan - speaking peoples west ___MASK23___ the Mississippi . The ___MASK14___ sausage Act is the name ___MASK23___ several acts passed by the United States Congress . A considerable number ___MASK23___ acts were passed under the same name throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries , but the most notable landmark acts consist ___MASK23___ the 1851 ___MASK14___ Appropriations Act and the 1871 ___MASK14___ Appropriations Act . The ___MASK73___ Timberlands ( sometimes also called Southern ___MASK73___ or ___MASK13___ ___MASK73___ ) is a region ___MASK23___ the U . S . state ___MASK23___ ___MASK73___ generally encompassing the area south ___MASK23___ the Ouachita Mountains , south ___MASK23___ Central ___MASK73___ and west ___MASK23___ the ___MASK73___ Delta . With several different definitions in use by various state agencies , the ___MASK73___ Timberlands is essentially a region known for dense pine and cypress forests covering hilly terrain and lining numerous rivers . Modern settlement created a significant logging industry and subsequent clearance agriculture which provided the basis ___MASK23___ the local economy until the discovery ___MASK23___ petroleum . Local tourism is largely based on the popularity ___MASK23___ deer hunting and bass fishing . Attractions there include Marks ' Mills Battleground Historical Monument , Jenkins ' Ferry Battleground Historical Monument , Overflow National Wildlife Refuge , Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge , South ___MASK73___ Arboretum , ___MASK73___ Museum ___MASK23___ Natural Resources , White Oak Lake State Park , Poison Springs Battleground State Park , Millwood State Park , and Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge . The ___MASK73___ Timberlands was the birthplace ___MASK23___ former President ___MASK23___ the United States Bill Clinton . An Okie is a resident , native , or cultural descendant ___MASK23___ Oklahoma . Like most terms that disparage specific groups , it was first applied by the dominant cultural group . It is derived from the name ___MASK23___ the state , similar to " Texan " or " Tex " for someone from Texas , or " Arkie " or " Arkansawyer " for a native ___MASK23___ Arkansas . The U . S . Interior Highlands is a mountainous ___MASK89___ region spanning eastern Oklahoma , western and ___MASK2___ Arkansas , southern ___MASK37___ , and the extreme southeast corner of Kansas . The name is designated by the United States Geological Survey to refer to the combined mountainous region of the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains , which form a distinct physiographic division . It is the only major ___MASK89___ region between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains in the United States . The Choctaw ( In the Choctaw language , Chahta ) are Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States ( modern - day ___MASK47___ , Florida , Alabama , and ___MASK94___ ). The Choctaw language belongs to the Muskogean language family group . The Choctaw are descendants of the peoples of the Hopewell and Mississippian cultures , who lived throughout the east of the ___MASK47___ River valley and its tributaries . About 1 , 700 years ago , the Hopewell people built Nanih Waiya , a great earthwork mound , which is still considered sacred by the Choctaw . The early Spanish explorers of the mid - 16th century encountered Mississippian - culture villages and chiefs . The anthropologist John Swanton suggested that the Choctaw derived their name from an early leader . Henry Halbert , a historian , suggests that their name is derived from the Choctaw phrase " Hacha hatak " ( river people ). The Cherokee ( Cherokee " Ani - Yuwiya " ) are a Native American people , originally indigenous to the Southeastern United States , including ___MASK4___ , Georgia , ___MASK95___ , ___MASK47___ , Tennessee , North Carolina , South Carolina , Virginia and West Virginia . Currently there are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes : the Eastern Band ___MASK23___ Cherokee Indians in North Carolina , the Cherokee Nation ___MASK23___ Oklahoma , and the United Keetoowah Band ___MASK23___ Cherokee Indians , also in Oklahoma . ___MASK32___ ( Cherokee : " Asgaya gigageyi " /   ; or transliterated from English as  (" òàlàhoma "), Pawnee : " Uukuhuúwa ", Cayuga : " Gahnawiyogeh ") is a state located in the South Central United States . ___MASK32___ is the 20th - most extensive and the 28th - most populous ___MASK23___ the 50 United States . The state ' s name is derived from the Choctaw words " okla " and " humma ", meaning " red people ". It is also known informally by its nickname , " The Sooner State ", in reference to the non - Native settlers who staked their claims on the choicest pieces ___MASK23___ land before the official opening date , and the Indian Appropriations Act ___MASK23___ 1889 , which opened the door for white settlement in America ' s Indian Territory . The name was settled upon statehood , ___MASK32___ Territory and Indian Territory were merged and Indian was dropped from the name . On November 16 , 1907 , ___MASK32___ became the 46th state to enter the union . Its residents are known as " Oklahomans ", or informally " Okies ", and its capital and largest city is ___MASK32___ City . The American Association ___MASK23___ State Highway and Transportation Officials ( AASHTO ) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications , test protocols and guidelines which are used in highway design and construction throughout the United States . Despite its name , the association represents not only highways but air , rail , water , and public transportation as well .