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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

Grady County, Oklahoma

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

County Seat: Chickasha
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 1,101

Court House:

326 W Choctaw Avenue
County Courthouse
Chickasha, OK 73018-2614

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Namedfor Henry W. Grady of Atlanta, Ga. a distinguished orator and writer.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Located in south-central Oklahoma, Grady County incorporates 1,105.30 square miles of land and water. The name honored Henry W. Grady, an editor of the Atlanta Constitution and a prominent Southern orator. Judge S. W. Hayes, representative to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention of 1906, selected the name as the county organized prior to statehood. Canadian County lies to Grady County's north, with McClain and Garvin to the east, Stephens to the south, and Caddo and Comanche to the west. In 1911 Grady County annexed Washington, Prairie Valley, and the northern section of Dutton townships in Caddo County. Chickasha serves as the county seat. At the end of the twentieth century other incorporated towns included Alex, Amber, Bradley, Minco, Ninnekah, Norge, Pocasset, Rush Springs, Tuttle, and Verden....GRADY COUNTY

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Alex	town	Incorporated Area
- Amber	town	Incorporated Area
- Bradley	town	Incorporated Area
- Bridge Creek	town	Incorporated Area
- Chickasha (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Minco	city	Incorporated Area
- Ninnekah	town	Incorporated Area
- Norge	town	Incorporated Area
- Pocasset	town	Incorporated Area
- Rush Springs	town	Incorporated Area
- Tuttle	city	Incorporated Area
- Verden	town	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."