page_title: Poteau, Oklahoma
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Poteau, Oklahoma / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Poteau Valley from Cavanal Hill, LeFlore County, Oklahoma.
context_page_description: Poteau is a city in, and county seat of, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 8,520 as of the 2010 census.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.7 square miles (82 km²), of which 28.6 square miles (74 km²) is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km²), or 9.54%, is water. It is about 12 miles (19 km) west of the Oklahoma-Arkansas border.
  The city is located in the valley below Cavanal Hill, dubbed the "World's Highest Hill" with a signed elevation of 1,999 feet (609 m). The summit elevation is 2,385 feet (727 m) above sea level, while the hill rises 1,960 feet (600 m) above the Poteau River on the east side of Poteau. The Poteau River is the only river in Oklahoma that flows north. It flows into Arkansas where it meets the Arkansas River at Belle Point in Fort Smith.
caption: View of Poteau Valley from Cavanal Hill.
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