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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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Craig County, Oklahoma
Craig County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Vinita
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 761 |
Court House: Box 397
County Courthouse
Vinita, OK 74301-0397
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Granville Craig of Welch, Oklahoma at the instance of W. H. Kornegay, delegate in the
Constitutional Convention.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Craig County lies in the northeastern corner of the state. Bordering counties include Ottawa and Delaware counties on
the east, Nowata County on the west, Mayes and Rogers counties on the south, and Labette County, Kansas, on the north.
The county lies in the Osage Plains, accounting for the large area of fertile, rolling prairies. The Neosho Lowlands, a
subdivision of the Osage Plains, extends into the county's eastern and southern portions, creating a rougher
environment. The tributaries of the Neosho River drain the county, with Big Cabin Creek the main artery in southern
Craig County. By 1981 only seventeen archaeological sites had been discovered. Many of these, such as the Praytor Site
and the Heath Site, are of the Woodland (A.D. 1 to 1000) period. By A.D. 1200 most of the Caddoan culture had relocated
to the southern courses of the Neosho, Illinois, and Arkansas rivers....CRAIG
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Big Cabin |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bluejacket |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pensacola |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Vinita
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Welch |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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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