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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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Grant County, Oklahoma
Grant County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Medford
Year Organized: 1895
Square Miles: 1,001 |
Court House: 112 Guthrie, Room 104
County Courthouse
Medford, OK 73759-1244
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for President Ulysses S. Grant.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Grant County, located in north-central Oklahoma, lies in the most northern tier of counties bordered on the north by
the state of Kansas. Surrounded by Kay County on the east, Garfield County on the south, and Alfalfa County on the west,
Grant County has a total of 1,003.61 squares miles of land and water. Situated in the Red Bed Plains and in the Great
Salt Plains, the area is noted as a wheat-growing region. The grassy plains are drained by the Salt Fork of the Arkansas
River, which flows from west to east in the southern half of the county. North-south tributaries such as Pond, Deer,
Osage, and Crooked creeks flow into the Salt Fork. The Chikaskia River originates in the county's northeastern corner,
crossing west to east into Kay County. Grant County is included in an area of Oklahoma that is one of the state's least
studied by archaeologists.There are nine known archaeological sites. Surveys have provided the conclusion that the area
was occupied during the Archaic (6000 B.C. to A.D.1), Woodland (A.D. 1 to 1000), and Plains Village (A.D. 1000 to 1500)
cultural periods....GRANT
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Deer Creek |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jefferson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lamont |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Manchester |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Medford
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nash |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pond Creek |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Renfrow |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wakita |
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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