Page "Thackerville, Oklahoma" Paragraph 5

Court records filed in the United States Court, Southern District, in Indian Territory at Ardmore indicate that citizens of the community petitioned to incorporate Thackerville under Arkansas law on October 15, 1898.

At that time, approximately 175 people lived in the community.

On July 5, 1899, Thackerville was officially incorporated into Indian Territory by Judge Hosea Townsend.