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Oklahoma Counties
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Oklahoma Counties
There are seventy-seven counties in Oklahoma. Oklahoma is ranked 20th size and 17th in the
number of counties, between Mississippi with 82 counties and Arkansas with 75 counties.
Oklahoma originally had seven counties when it was first organized as the Oklahoma Territory. These counties
were designated numerically, first through seventh. New counties added after this were designated by letters of
the alphabet. The first seven counties were later renamed. The Oklahoma Constitutional Convention named all of
the counties that were formed when Oklahoma entered statehood in 1907. Only two counties have been formed since
then
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Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
Alfalfa County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Cherokee
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 867
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Court House: 300 S. Grand Avenue
County Courthouse
Cherokee, OK 73728-2548
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
said to have been named in honor of "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, president of the Constitutional Convention
by promoters who desired his support.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Situated in north-central Oklahoma in the state's northernmost tier of counties, Alfalfa County lies in a
wheat-producing region. The county's name reflects the crops of alfalfa hay once produced there and also references Gov.
William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, who was instrumental in dividing Woods County into three counties, one of which was
Alfalfa. The land has rolling hills, meandering rivers, and grassy prairie plains, also called the Red Bed Plains. Land
and water area total 881.44 square miles. Bordered by Kansas on the north, the county abuts Woods County on the west,
Major County on the south, and Grant and Garfield counties on the east. Near the county's center is the Great Salt
Plains, both a federal wildlife refuge and a state park. It lies in the drainage of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River,
which crosses the county from west to east, and the two are the county's major surface features. Southern Alfalfa County
drains south into the Cimarron River....ALFALFA
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Aline |
town |
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- Amorita |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Burlington |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Byron |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carmen |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cherokee
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Goltry |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Helena |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jet |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lambert |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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