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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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Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Cherokee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Tahlequah
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 751
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Court House: 213 W Delaware, Room 202
County Courthouse
Tahlequah, OK 74464-3600
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for the Cherokee tribe of Indians. The word is said to have been derived from a Chickasaw word "Chiluk-ki,"
meaning cave people.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in northeastern Oklahoma, Cherokee County has a total land and water area of 776.40 square miles. Bordering
counties include Mayes and Delaware on the north, Adair on the east, Sequoyah on the south, and Muskogee and Wagoner on
the west. Important rivers and streams include the Illinois River, Baron Fork, Town Branch (also known as Ross Branch
and Tahlequah Creek), and Park Hill creeks. The area is located in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains and includes the
Cookson Hills, which was a favorite hideout for turn-of-the-twentieth-century outlaws. Cherokee County was created from
the Cherokee Nation's Tahlequah District at the 1906 Constitutional Convention and named for the Cherokee Nation. The
county seat is located at Tahlequah, which was also the capital of the Cherokee Nation....CHEROKEE
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Hulbert |
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- Tahlequah
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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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