Editing Locust Grove, Oklahoma (section)

==Points of interest==
Locust Grove is {{convert|8|mi|0}} west of the [[Rose, Oklahoma#Saline District Courthouse|Saline Courthouse]], the only remaining of nine rural [[Cherokee Nation]] courthouses built in the 1880s. The courthouse, near the Mayes/Delaware County line, was undergoing renovation in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyles/magazine/touring-the-tribes-where-to-go-in-northeast-oklahoma/article_78b60e75-a447-5340-ab17-5aa4608c8661.html |title= Touring the Tribes? Where to go in northeast Oklahoma |date= May 11, 2019 | publisher=Kelsy Schlotthauer, Tulsa World, May 11, 2019|accessdate = October 11, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Willard Stone#Willard Stone Museum|Willard Stone Museum]] is currently at his homeplace in Locust Grove.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.facebook.com/Willard-Stone-Museum-112697180080554/?rf=122236947874137 |title=Willard Stone Museum|website=[[Facebook]] |accessdate=October 11, 2019}}</ref> The museum's goal is to relocate to the historic building that housed the first bank in Locust Grove, located in downtown and built in 1912, to house the collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://willardstonemuseuminc.com/ |title=Willard Stone Museum Website|accessdate=October 11, 2019}}</ref> In 2019, the museum's board of directors authorized build-out of the new facility, and in September 2020 launched a fundraising campaign to finance the needed renovations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/willard-stone-museum-launches-fundraiser-to-renovate-new-facility/article_9174ca3e-eec5-11ea-b620-d3ae87fbc24f.html |title=Willard Stone Museum launches fundraiser to renovate new facility|date=September 8, 2020 |publisher=James D. Watts Jr., Tulsa World, September 8, 2020}}</ref>

Locust Grove is directly south of [[Lake Hudson (Oklahoma)|Lake Hudson]], southwest of [[Lake W. R. Holway]], formerly Chimney Rock Lake, and northeast of [[Fort Gibson Lake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Locust+Grove,+OK+74352/@36.238115,-95.0762314,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87b623b5c0c7a3ab:0xc76089900c965760!8m2!3d36.2000936!4d-95.1677401 | title=Locust Grove, Oklahoma|publisher=Google Maps|accessdate=October 19, 2019}}</ref>