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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

Cotton County, Oklahoma

Cotton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Walters
Year Organized: 1912
Square Miles: 637

Court House:

301 North Broadway Street
County Courthouse
Walters, OK 73572-1271

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Namedfrom one of the county’s staple crops.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Located in southwestern Oklahoma, Cotton County is bordered by the Red River on the south, with Tillman County on the west, Comanche County on the north, and Stephens and Jefferson counties on the east. The topography is typical of a plains environment, with a mixture of grasses prevalent. The western edge of the Cross Timbers invades the county's eastern portion. The creeks and streams, including Cache Creek, drain to the southeast into the Red River. Cotton County has 641.94 square miles of land and water....COTTON COUNTY

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Devol	town	Incorporated Area
- Randlett	town	Incorporated Area
- Temple	town	Incorporated Area
- Walters (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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, act locally."