Peggs is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of 100 residents in Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 42,521. Its county seat is Tahlequah.Cherokee County was established in 1907.-Geography:...

, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

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, United States

United States

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. The post office was established December 6, 1899. It was named for Thomas Pegg, acting principal chief of the Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Nation is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It was established in the 20th century, and includes people descended from members of the old Cherokee Nation who relocated voluntarily from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokees who...

 during the Civil War. A large minority of its residents are Native American, most of them members of 10 tribal groups such as the Cherokee Nation

Cherokee Nation

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 and the Muscogee Creek Nation. One of Oklahoma's deadliest tornado

Tornado

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s hit Peggs on May 2, 1920, killing 71 people.

Facilities

There are three convenience stores and one post office in the small community.
There is also a senior community center serving noon meals to senior citizens.

Schools

Peggs currently has one elementary (K-8) school with 9-12 grade either going to neighboring Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Tahlequah is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It was founded as a capital of the original Cherokee Nation in 1838 to welcome those Cherokee forced west on the Trail of Tears. The city's population was 15,753 at the 2010 census. It...

; Hulbert, Oklahoma

Hulbert, Oklahoma

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; or Locust Grove, Oklahoma

Locust Grove, Oklahoma

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 to high school.

Churches

The community is also home to several churches including:

• Peggs Community Church (non-denominational)
• Peggs Pentecostal Church (Pentecostal)
• Faith Assembly of God (Assembly of God)
• The Promise (non-denominational)
• Clear Creek Baptist Church (Free Will Baptist)
• Peggs Free Will Baptist (Free Will Baptist)
• Peggs Southern Baptist Church (Southern Baptist)
• Four Corners Church (The Church of God of the Apostolic Faith)