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Distance to Major Cities:

Sallisaw is centrally located in the United States. The distances from Sallisaw to the following cities are:

 

City

Miles to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City

Miles to:

Atlanta

 669

Memphis

304

Chicago

675

New Orleans

569

Dallas

261

New York

1,345

Denver

767

Oklahoma City

159

Detroit

903

San Francisco

1,797

Houston

461

Seattle

2,053

Kansas City

278

St. Louis

390

Los Angeles

1,495

Tulsa

94

Air Transportation:

The nearest commercial airport is 26 miles at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. This airport is a full service field with several airlines in operation. The Sallisaw Airport is located 1 mile from the Industrial Park and has a 4,000 foot, lighted, asphalt runway. There is a Fixed Base Operator, gasoline, repair service, and flight school is located at the airport.

 
Water Transportation:

The nearest water transportation is located at the Kerr Lock & Dam. It is 9 miles south of Sallisaw and has a channel depth of 9 feet. It is connected via the Arkansas River to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The port of Ft. Smith is just 24 miles east of Sallisaw.

 
Road System:

Sallisaw is located on Interstate 40 and intersected by US 59 and US 64.

 
Rail Availability:

There is service from two main rail carriers: Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific, which operate at least 4 local trains daily. Piggyback (container) service is operated by Kansas City Southern in Sallisaw.


Accommodations:

The City has 8 motels with 370 rooms. Seating capacity in the City’s largest banquet room is 400.

 
Housing:

Sallisaw has 3,156 dwellings; 59.1% are owner occupied.

 
Places of Worship:

Sallisaw has a wide variety of churches: 3 Assembly of God; 9 Baptist; 1 Christian; 1 Church of Christ; 1 Church of Latter-Day Saints; 1 Lutheran; 1 Methodist; and many other denominational groups.

 
Media:

Sallisaw has 1 bi-weekly newspaper and cable television.

 
Telecommunications:

Sallisaw has three fiber optic cables available and one central office capable of digital switching.

 
Tax Structure:

Sallisaw’s property tax rate is $77.19 per $1,000 assessed value for the year 2000-2001. The fractional assessment percentage for real property is 11% and for personal property 10%. The property tax is distributed as follows:

 

City

County

School

Other

Total

$0.00

$18.52

$48.67

$10.00

$77.19

 

Sales Tax:

The current sales tax rate in the City of Sallisaw is 9.5%.  Of this 9.5%; the State of Oklahoma receives 4.5%; Sequoyah County receives 1%; and the City of Sallisaw receives 4% (1% general fund, 1% SMA, ½% capital improvement, ½% water improvements, ½% hospital authority, ½% Carl Albert State College expansion).

 

Sales Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1999/2000

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

2005/2006

JULY 

       236,093

       237,425

       324,888

 $     354,162

 $    348,893

 $    352,578

 $       359,453

AUG 

       237,832

       250,438

       362,484

 $     330,122

 $    322,350

 $    336,898

 $       367,395

SEPT

       251,448

       228,637

       314,819

 $     343,699

 $    339,728

 $    295,178

 $       340,754

OCT

       239,889

       260,706

       335,273

 $     318,162

 $    339,539

 $    296,204

 $       359,186

NOV

       224,717

       246,702

       309,481

 $     295,019

 $    345,667

 $    259,374

 $       336,274

DEC

       238,132

       236,113

       307,185

 $     327,302

 $    318,133

 $    297,333

 $       348,366

JAN

       224,374

       222,693

       350,604

 $     331,778

 $    365,299

 $    325,356

 

FEB

       261,111

       254,270

       333,926

 $     326,843

 $    346,790

 $    344,609

 

MAR

       207,801

       213,138

       293,736

 $     307,929

 $    307,703

 $    329,620

 

APR

       225,646

       233,937

       328,436

 $     300,110

 $    327,800

 $    353,471

 

MAY

       226,024

       367,533

       329,844

 $     317,729

 $    334,238

 $    360,149

 

JUNE

       231,211

       316,136

       343,243

 $     312,461

 $    312,458

 $    357,889

 

 TOTAL 

 $ 2,804,278

 $ 3,067,728

 $ 3,933,919

 $  3,865,316

 $ 4,008,598

 $ 3,908,659

 $    2,111,428

 

 

Use Tax:

Use tax is a tax paid on goods purchased outside the state of Oklahoma where the tax was not charged in another state. The most common example is when something is purchased from an out-of-state mail order company. If the mail order company does not collect the Oklahoma tax then the Oklahoma resident is responsible for remitting the tax. The City of Sallisaw Use Tax rate is 3.5%

 

Use Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99/2000

2000/2001

2001/2002

2002/2003

2003/2004

2004/2005

2004/2006

JULY 

 $        3,695

 $        7,801

 $        8,303

 $         5,776

 $        4,975

 $      10,889

 $           9,364

AUG 

 $        6,710

 $      11,400

 $      16,687

 $         9,799

 $        8,849

 $        8,718

 $         10,522

SEPT

 $        6,249

 $        4,877

 $        5,861

 $         7,794

 $        9,782

 $        4,382

 $         23,944

OCT

 $        5,108

 $      21,687

 $      13,620

 $         7,844

 $        7,105

 $        8,449

 $         11,982

NOV

 $        8,650

 $      11,937

 $        8,942

 $         8,414

 $              -  

 $        6,947

 $         10,469

DEC

 $        6,730

 $        7,569

 $      21,873

 $       11,573

 $              -  

 $        7,666

 $         12,223

JAN