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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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Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Cleveland County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Norman
Year Organized: 1890
Square Miles: 536
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Court House: 201 S. Jones Anvnue
County Courthouse
Norman, OK 73069-6000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for President Grover Cleveland.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Situated in central Oklahoma, Cleveland County is bounded by Oklahoma County on the north, Pottawatomie County on the
east, McClain County on the south, and Canadian County on the west. Named for former Pres. Grover Cleveland, the county
lies in the Red Bed Plains physiographic region except for the southern corner, which is situated in the Sandstone
Hills. The county's total land and water area of 558.34 square miles is drained by the Little River and the Canadian
River, which forms the southern boundary. The county is characterized by rolling prairies and rich river bottom soil. At
the turn of the twenty-first century incorporated towns included Etowah, Hall Park, Lexington, Moore, Noble,
Slaughterville, and Norman, the county seat....CLEVELAND
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Etowah |
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- Lexington |
city |
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- Moore |
city |
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- Noble |
city |
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- Norman
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- Oklahoma City |
city |
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- Slaughterville |
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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