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Cowlington is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 155 at the 2010 census, a gain of 16.5 percent from 133 at the 2000 census.〔() CensusViewer:Cowlington, Oklahoma Population. Retrieved September 14, 2012.〕 ==History== The fertile soil of the Arkansas bottom land, in which the present town of Cowlington is located, attracted settlement as soon as the Choctaw tribe migrated to Indian Territory. Many of these inhabitants fled during the American Civil War, returning only when hostilities had ceased. White men also came after the war and began leasing land. Among these were Coke and Fowler Cowling. A settlement formed that was informally known as Short Mountain. A post office named Cowlington, to honor the Cowling family, opened in the community in 1884.〔( Jeremy Henson, "Cowlington," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. Accessed March 20, 2015. )〕 Cowlington's economy was largely based on agricultural services. Area production included wheat, potatoes, cotton, and livestock. Two floods along the Arkansas River, in 1898 and 1904, devastated the local economy, but the town recovered. Two tornados caused extensive damage during the 1920s More residents began to move away. Even Fowler Cowlington decided to sell his land and moved away. The onset of the Great Depression caused many other people to move away, as well.〔 Construction of the Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam between 1964 and 1970 coincided with a large increase in Cowlington's population to a high of 751 residents at the 1970 U. S. Census. Tourism became a significant portion of the local economy, although the population declined again.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cowlington, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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