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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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Blaine County, Oklahoma
Blaine County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Watonga
Year Organized: 1895
Square Miles: 929 |
Court House: PO Box 138
County Courthouse
Watonga, OK 73772-0138
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Hon. James G. Blaine, congressman, U. S. Senator, Secretary of State and Presidential
nominee, on the nomination of his devoted admirer, editor Thompson B. Ferguson of the Watonga Republican who was
afterward governor of Oklahoma.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in west-central Oklahoma, Blaine County is bordered by Major County on the north, Kingfisher and Canadian
counties on the east, Caddo County on the south, and Custer and Dewey counties on the west. Named for Speaker of the
U.S. House of Representative James G. Blaine, the county encompasses 938.88 acres of land and water. The North Canadian
River bisects Blaine County from the northwest to the southeast. The Cimarron River crosses the northeastern edge of the
county, while the Canadian River cuts across the southwest portion. As to physiographical region, the northeastern half
lies on the western edge of the Red Bed Plains and the southwestern half lies in the Gypsum Hills. At the turn of the
twenty-first century incorporated towns included Canton, Geary, Greenfield, Hitchcock, Longdale, Okeene, and Watonga,
the county seat....BLAINE
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Canton |
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- Geary |
city |
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- Greenfield |
town |
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- Hitchcock |
town |
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- Longdale |
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- Okeene |
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- Watonga
(County Seat) |
city |
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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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