Editing Schulter, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Located approximately eight miles south of [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma|Okmulgee]] and six miles north of [[Henryetta, Oklahoma|Henryetta]] in [[Okmulgee County, Oklahoma|Okmulgee County]], just off [[U.S. Route 75 in Oklahoma|U.S. routes 75]] and [[U.S. Route 62 in Oklahoma|62]], the original name of the town may have been Winchell.<ref name="Schulter">{{cite web|url =https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SC013 | title=Schulter | publisher= Oklahoma Historical Society | accessdate=February 6, 2020}}</ref> The town was added along the route of the St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway (later the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]], or Frisco) built between Okmulgee and Henryetta in 1900.<ref name="Schulter" /> The post office built in August 1903 was named for Matt Schulter, said to be a resident of [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref name="Schulter" /> Coal mining in the [[Henryetta Coal Formation]] was an important early industry in the area, and attracted many nationalities of European immigrants.<ref name="Schulter" /> Early Schulter, ''circa'' 1909, had three coal company offices, phone service, a school, a general store, and even a pool hall for its 200 residents.<ref name="Schulter" /> Later, the town benefitted from oil exploration, production, and refining. The town's peak population may have been ''circa'' 1930, at 650 people.<ref name="Schulter" /> The town did not officially incorporate until May 5, 1998.<ref name="Schulter" />