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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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Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Choctaw County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hugo
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 774
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Court House: 300 East Duke Street
County Courthouse
Hugo, OK 74743-4009
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named from the Indian tribe. The name is supposed to have been corrupted from "Chato," meaning flat
heads, because of an ancient tribal custom to flatten the skulls of children by imposing a weight on the head.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Choctaw County derives its name from "Chahta," the mythical founder of the Choctaw tribe. Containing a total land and
water area of 800.68 square miles, the county is bordered by McCurtain County on the east, Bryan County on the west,
Pushmataha and Atoka counties on the north, and the Red River and Texas on the south. The major water feature in Choctaw
County is the Kiamichi River, which drains northwest to southeast into the Red River. The Muddy Boggy and Clear Boggy
rivers (creeks) also drain into the Red. The county lies in the Coastal Plains physiographic region. U.S. Highway 70
passes east-west through the incorporated towns of Swink, Fort Towson, Sawyer, Hugo, Soper, and Boswell, and U.S.
Highway 271 traverses north-south from west of Grant to Hugo (county seat) and north to Antlers in Pushmataha County....CHOCTAW
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Boswell |
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- Fort Towson |
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- Hugo
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- Sawyer |
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- Soper |
town |
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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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