Heavener /ˈhiːvnər/ is a town in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.

In 1896 the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad built tracks through the town.

[4] The Curtis Act allowed Heavener to incorporate in Indian Territory in 1898; Henry Moore was elected as the first mayor.

The town population was 254 in 1900 when the Kansas City Southern Railway purchased the rail line.

The company established a roundhouse in 1910, making Heavener a division point.

The cryptic stone appears to have letters from the runic alphabet, some people speculate that it was etched by pre-Columbian Norsemen.

Owing to this purported connection, Carl Albert State College in the nearby city of Poteau changed its mascot in the early 1990s from the "Trojan" to the "Viking."

The small weekly newspaper, The Heavener Ledger, dated back to 1904 but ceased publication in 2014.

KPRV broadcasts out of nearby Poteau and has a sister station with the same call letters on the AM band.

The CPKC railroad operates a major yard, crew base, and fueling facility in Heavener.

Since 1988 this poultry company has operated a processing plant, a feed mill, and a hatchery.

Main activities at the school include band, choir, football, cheerleading, basketball, baseball, softball, powerlifting, track, golf, soccer, drama, academic team, and jazz band.