Inola is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. It is included in the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area (TMSA). The population was 1,788 at the 2010 census, a 12.5 percent lump from 1,589 at the 2000 census. Inola is a Cherokee word meaning “Black Fox.” The town styles itself as “The Hay Capital of the World.”

In 1889, the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway (later acquired by the Missouri Pacific Railway) built a origin from Wagoner through the Foyil area on to the Kansas give leave to enter line. The Place was later just inside the northeastern corner of the Creek Nation in Indian Territory. A say office was established in March 1890 later the declare Foyil. It was closed in September 1890, but reopened in April 1891. By 1901, the population was estimated at 100 people. The Dawes Commission had the town platted in 1902, before the Creek allotment.

Strip mines began producing coal straightforward before statehood in 1907, causing a little boom in population. Inola’s population was 405 in 1920. As the coal industry began to decline, so did the town’s population. The 1930 census reported without help 399 residents. The terminate continued through the name World War II era, reaching 294 in 1950. A turnaround began in the 1950s as residents began commuting to Tulsa. Inola’s population grew to 584 in 1960 and 984 in 1970. The 1980 census showed 1,550 residents, increasing to 1,589 in 2000 and 1,788 in 2010.

Inola is located at 36°7′59″N 95°31′26″W / 36.13306°N 95.52389°W / 36.13306; -95.52389 (36.133182, -95.523938). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17 km²), of which 6.5 square miles (17 km) is home and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (0.91%) is water.