Thlopthlocco Tribal Town was formed toward the end of the eighteenth century and was an upper Creek town of the old Creek Confederacy that was situated in Alabama and Georgia in historical times. Thlopthlocco meant "Tall Cane" or "Big Reed" and was situated in the vicinity of a stream on which there was an abundance of cane or reed from which blow guns were made. Thlopthlocco was known as a Red Town aka Red Sticks, that carried red beads and administered the war functions in Creek society. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town was one of the forty-four (44) or more Creek tribal towns that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory after the infamous Removal Treaty 1832. Presently, the Town owns 2,330 acres of land in Okfuskee and Hughes Counties Oklahoma, consisting of trust and fee simple lands. The tribal town headquarters is located on a 120 acre tract of tribal trust land just north of Interstate-40 Exit 227 near Okemah in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.