Bushyhead is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rogers County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2020 census, a 1.68% percent decrease over the figure of 1,314 recorded in 2010. Established on the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway between Claremore and Vinita, the community was named for Dennis W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokee, 1879–1887. The post office existed from April 18, 1898, until November 15, 1955.