Savanna is a town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States.

It is the hometown of former Harlem Globetrotter and 2014 NAIA Dunk Champion Tyler Inman.

[4] Begun as a rural settlement in Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation during the 1860s, the community's economy was based on agriculture and cattle ranching.

The mining companies built rows of 2- and 3- bedroom houses for the families of the miners.

The Savanna News began publishing in 1915, but went out of business before the end of the decade.

However, the demand for coal fell, as the country began shifting to oil and gas as preferred fuels.

[6] During World War II, the U.S. Navy constructed an ammunition production facility at McAlester.

Savanna operates a fully equipped pre-K - 12 public school system, which had an enrollment of 513 in 2000.