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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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Atoka County, Oklahoma
Atoka County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Atoka
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 978 |
Court House: 200 E Court St, Suite 201
County Courthouse
Atoka, OK 74525-2056
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for its county seat which in turn was named for a noted Choctaw sub-chief.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in the southeastern corner of Oklahoma, Atoka County is bordered by Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha, Coal,
Pittsburg, and Johnston counties. In the early nineteenth century the Atoka area existed as part of Shappaway County, in
the Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation. The designation as Atoka County came circa 1854 and was retained after
1907 statehood. The county and county seat name honors a noted Choctaw warrior, Captain Atoka, who led a removal party
to present Oklahoma. He lived east of the town that bears his name. The incorporated towns are Atoka (the county seat),
Caney, Stringtown, and Tushka...ATOKA
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Atoka
(County Seat) |
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- Caney |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lehigh |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stringtown |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tushka |
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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