page_title: South Coffeyville, Oklahoma
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: South Coffeyville, Oklahoma / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Indian Territory (Oklahoma) 1888 from Britannica 9th ed.
context_page_description: South Coffeyville is a town in Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 785. The city of Coffeyville, Kansas is located approximately 1 mile north of the city, existing as a separate political entity.
context_section_description: For millennia, the land now known as Oklahoma was inhabited by Native Americans. In the 17th century, white trappers first visiting the area found it occupied mostly by the Osage and Quawpaw tribes.  In 1803, modern Oklahoma was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.  In 1819, the Arkansas Territory was organized, then was split in 1824 and 1828.  An 1828 treaty with the Cherokee Nation assigned the area of Nowata County to the Cherokees, who included it in 1856 in their newly created Cooweescoowee District.  The Cherokees and the Delaware signed a treaty in 1867.  In 1890, the area became part of the Oklahoma Territory.  In 1907, Oklahoma became the 46th U.S. state and Nowata County was founded.
  In 1888, the first settlement in the area was established as Stevens, a railhead tent and shack village, built just southwest of present South Coffeyville.  It was named after a Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway builder, Stevens could be found on railroad maps until about 1902 but was eventually abandoned.
  In 1906, a settlement called Polson was built approximately one mile northeast near the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway and Missouri Pacific Railways.  Now part of the Union Pacific railway, the Missouri Pacific Railway had reached the present South Coffeyville townsite in 1889.  The settlement was named after Martin and Earl Polson, early settlers, that designation was also short lived.
  On March 18, 1909, a post office was established and the settlement was renamed to Etchen, in honor of a local citizen named John P. Etchen.
  On April 29, 1909, the settlement was renamed a final time to the current South Coffeyville and the South Coffeyville Times newspaper began publication soon after.  In August 1909, residents voted for incorporation.  The name of South Coffeyville was derived from nearby city of Coffeyville, Kansas, which was named after James A. Coffey.
caption: Map of Indian Territory from 1889 Encyclopædia Britannica 9th edition
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