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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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Kiowa County, Oklahoma
Kiowa County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hobart
Year Organized: 1891
Square Miles: 1,015
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Court House: PO Box 653
County Courthouse
Hobart, OK 73651-0653
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named from the Indian tribe. The name is a corruption of the name "Ka-i-gwu," meaning "principal
people."
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Kiowa County lies in the southwestern portion of Oklahoma, surrounded by Washita County to the north, Caddo and
Comanche counties to the east, Greer and Jackson counties to the west, and Tillman County to the south. The western and
southern boundary, the North Fork of the Red River, separates Kiowa from Jackson, Greer, and Tillman. Among fifty-eight
archaeological sites reflecting the presence of prehistoric Native peoples in the county, one, the Cooperton Mammoth
Site, indicates Paleo-Indian presence. Archaic peoples are reflected in eighteen sites and Woodland occupation in one.
Thirty-eight Plains Village sites have been examined. In the modern period Spain and France claimed ownership of the
region. The area became part of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Doak's Stand Treaty of 1820
gave all of southern Oklahoma to the Choctaw....KIOWA
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Cooperton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gotebo |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hobart
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lone Wolf |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mountain Park |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mountain View |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Roosevelt |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Snyder |
city |
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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