Talala is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 273 at the 2010 census.

The Talala Post Office was acknowledged June 23, 1890. Talala was named for Captain John Talala of the 3rd Regiment, Indian Home Guard and a prominent Cherokee. It is mentioned in the Talala History Book that the word ta la la is joined with the tapping of a woodpecker’s bill, which the woodpecker is a red-headed woodpecker that had these numerous birds there and even today. Talala is a Cherokee word for the Red-Headed Woodpecker. An Indian made this discovery and in view of that the town has taken this bird as part of its legacy, erecting signs upon the North and South halt of the town, and upon its stationery at Town Hall and in the Museum.

The Talala Historical Society has been lithe for several years and recently has extra a Facebook page in hopes of contacting citizens that lived in the little town years ago. It has achieved this purpose and to date it has grown monthly. Its main mission is to keep the memory of a small town alive. There are a few of the indigenous buildings nevertheless standing in the Town that have been there either on zenith of a 100 years or soon will be 100 years.

On the property of the Museum, which was the indigenous site of the Talala Post Office decades earlier, lies a statue made by the Talala performer Sandra VanZandt of two eagles past bricks surrounding it. In May 2012 three plaques glorification World War II veterans were displayed proudly nearby. Inside and within its walls, lies most of the town’s history.