{"id":40142,"count":1,"description":"Oktaha is a town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 327 at the 2000 census. The town's former mayor is Jordan S. Stevens (R). Mayor Stevens served as the campaign manager for Muskogee, Oklahoma's mayor, John Tyler Hammons, during his successful 2008 mayoral election.\nOktaha is located at 35\u00b034\u203240\u2033N 95\u00b028\u203236\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff35.57778\u00b0N 95.47667\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 35.57778; -95.47667 (35.577772, -95.476762).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78\u00a0km), all of it land.\nOktaha was named for a Muscogee chief, Oktarharsars Harjo (also known as Sands). The town originated in 1872 as a stop on the MK&T; \"Katy\" Railroad. By 1900, the town had its own post office. A small business district emerged as well. Local business lagged, however, by mid-century, and the town struggled even more when U.S. Highway 69 was rerouted to bypass Oktaha. Nevertheless, Oktaha remains the site of a K-12 school that draws several hundred students from...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/oktaha\/","name":"Oktaha","slug":"oktaha","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/40142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=40142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}