Inola is a town in Rogers County, Oklahoma, in the northeastern part of the state, within the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area. Home to roughly 1,900 residents, it lies northeast of Tulsa and offers a rural, small-community setting within commuting distance of the city. Inola is best known in Oklahoma history for the Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant controversy. In 1973, the Public Service Company of Oklahoma proposed a two-reactor nuclear plant near the town, promising economic growth and better schools. Community opposition, led by local activist Carrie Barefoot Dickerson, eventually forced the utility to abandon the project, leaving the site vacant. The episode remains a defining chapter in the town's story and in Oklahoma's environmental history. The town's economy and character are rooted in agriculture and its role as a small service center for the surrounding countryside. Its location in the Tulsa metro area allows residents to commute to the city for employment while maintaining a quieter, small-town lifestyle. Inola is served by Inola Public Schools, which provides local education for the community. The abandoned Black Fox site remains part of the local landscape, a reminder of the community's successful grassroots campaign. Today Inola functions primarily as a residential community for the Tulsa area, with local schools, churches, and businesses serving residents, and the surrounding farmland continuing to define the town's rural setting. Residents enjoy the blend of country living and city access that characterizes much of northeastern Oklahoma, and Inola remains a stable, family-oriented community whose history gives it a distinctive place in the region.