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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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Beaver County, Oklahoma
Beaver County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Beaver
Year Organized: 1890
Square Miles: 1,814 |
Court House: Box 338
County Courthouse
Beaver, OK 73932-0338
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for the town which is its county seat and its principal stream, which in turn, was the English
translation of the Spanish word "nutria" which was given to this stream because of the numerous beaver dams on the small
streams which are tributary to it.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Beaver County lies in Oklahoma Panhandle, a part of the Great Plains proper. It is one of only a few Oklahoma
counties in that physiographic region. Kansas borders Beaver County on the north, and Texas on the south; Texas County
abuts it on the west, and Harper and Ellis on the east. The concept of Beaver County did not come about until the
formation of Cimarron Territory in 1886. That organization included all of No Man's Land, now the present three counties
in the Panhandle. However, there were settlements in the area long before that time....BEAVER
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Beaver
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Forgan |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gate |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Knowles |
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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