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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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Jefferson County, Oklahoma
Jefferson County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Waurika
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 759
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Court House: 220 N Main, Room 101
County Courthouse
Waurika, OK 73573-2235
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for President Thomas Jefferson.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Situated in southern Oklahoma, Jefferson County is bordered on the south by the Red River and Texas, with Cotton
County on the west, Stephens County on the north, and Carter and Love counties on the east. Created at 1907 statehood,
the county was named to honor U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson. The incorporated towns are Addington, Cornish, Hastings,
Ringling, Ryan, Sugden, Terral, and Waurika (the county seat).
The county lies in the Redbed Plains physiographic region, a subregion of the Osage Plains. The terrain is mainly flat
or rolling prairie. Beaver and Mud creeks and their smaller tributaries drain the county into the Red River. In 1971 the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction on the Waurika Dam on Beaver Creek, creating Waurika Lake in
northwestern Jefferson, southwestern Stephens, and western Cotton counties....JEFFERSON
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Addington |
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- Cornish |
town |
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- Hastings |
town |
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- Ringling |
town |
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- Ryan |
town |
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- Sugden |
town |
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- Terral |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waurika
(County Seat) |
city |
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County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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