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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

Harmon County, Oklahoma

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

County Seat: Hollis
Year Organized: 1909
Square Miles: 538

Court House:

114 W Hollis Street
County Courthouse
Hollis, OK 73550-3053

Etymology - Origin of County Name

named for Judson Harmon, attorney general under President Cleveland and later governor of Ohio. Harmon county was originally a part of Greer County and when Greer was annexed to Oklahoma it was at the Attorney General Harmon’s suggestions that the settlers were permitted to buy an additional quarter section of land adjoining their homesteds at a nominal price. It was in remembrance of this friendly act on his part that some of the early settlers later caused the county to be named in his honor.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Located in far southwestern Oklahoma, Harmon County is bordered by Beckham County on the north, Greer County on the northeast, Jackson County on the southeast, the state of Texas on the west, and the Red River (Texas) on the south. Named for Judson Harmon, of Ohio and U.S. attorney general during Pres. Grover Cleveland's administration, Harmon County was established in 1909 and Hollis designated as the county seat. Situated in the Gypsum Hills physiographic region, it is drained by the Red River and its tributaries, the Salt and Elm forks of the Red River and Lebos and Turkey creeks....HARMON COUNTY

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Gould	town	Incorporated Area
- Hollis (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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, act locally."

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