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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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Creek County, Oklahoma
Creek County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Sapulpa
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 956
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Court House: 222 E Dewey Rm 203
County Courthouse
Sapulpa, OK 74066-4208
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for the Creek Indian tribe. This tribe divides honors with William H. Murray, president of the
Constitutional Convention, in that two counties were named for it, namely, Creek and Muskogee.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in east-central Oklahoma, Creek County is bordered by Pawnee County on the north, Tulsa and Okmulgee counties
on the east, Okfuskee County on the south, and Lincoln and Payne counties on the west. Moman Pruiett, special delegate
to the 1906 Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, wanted to name the county Moman, in honor of his mother. However, when
the county was established at 1907 statehood, it was named for the Creek tribe. Formerly part of the Creek Nation,
Indian Territory, the county lies within the Sandstone Hills physiographic region. With 969.77 square miles of land and
water, the county is drained by the Cimarron River, tributaries of the Arkansas River, and the Deep Fork and the Little
Deep Fork of the North Canadian River....CREEK
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Bristow |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Depew |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Drumright |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kellyville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kiefer |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lawrence Creek |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mannford |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mounds |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oilton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sapulpa
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shamrock |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Slick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tulsa |
city |
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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