Gore is a town in western Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States.
It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Tahlonteskee, the capital of the Western Cherokee from 1828–1839, was near here, just two miles to the north of town.
[a] In 1829, John Jolly, chief of the Cherokee Nation–West, built a home in this area.
[6] By 1909, the town had a bank, two lumber companies, a flour mill, a cotton gin, two hotels, and numerous retail outlets.
There were 416 housing units at an average density of 182.3 per square mile (70.4/km2).
26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.