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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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Jackson County, Oklahoma
Jackson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Altus
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 803 |
Court House: 101 N Main Street
County Courthouse
Altus, OK 73521-3144
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for President Andrew Jackson.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in southwestern Oklahoma, Jackson County is bounded by Greer County on the north, Kiowa and Tillman counties
on the east, Harmon County on the west, and the Red River and Texas on the south. Altus is the county seat. Named for
two notable southerners, Pres. Andrew Jackson and Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, the county has 804.15
square miles of land and water. Jackson County is drained by the Red River and its tributaries, the North Fork and the
Salt Fork of the Red River, and Turkey and Gypsum creeks. Most of the county lies within the Red Bed Plains
physiographic region. Approximately the western third of the county is situated in the Gypsum Hills region, while the
northeastern corner is in the Wichita Mountains region....JACKSON
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Altus
(County Seat) |
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Incorporated Area |
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- Blair |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Duke |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eldorado |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elmer |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Friendship |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Headrick |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Martha |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Olustee |
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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