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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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Latimer County, Oklahoma
Latimer County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Wilburton
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 722 |
Court House: 109 North Central
County Courthouse
Wilburton, OK 74578
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for J. S. Latimer, member of the Constitutional Convention.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in southeastern Oklahoma, Latimer County encompasses 729.12 square miles of total land and water area.
Bordering counties are Le Flore on the east, Haskell on the north, Pittsburg on the west, and Pushmataha on the south.
With a 1907 population of 9,340, the county was created at Oklahoma statehood and named for James L. Latimer, the
Wilburton-area representative in the 1906 Constitutional Convention. Wilburton serves as county seat, and Red Oak is the
only other incorporated town.
The countryside is hilly and forested, with the Sans Bois Mountains spanning the northern edge of the county and the
western ridges of the Winding Stair Mountains extending into the southern region. Rich coal deposits have been an
important economic resource. Fourche Maline, Brazil, and Sans Bois creeks drain the northern part of the county into the
Poteau River; Buffalo and Gaines creeks drain the southern part into the Kiamichi River. In neighboring Pushmataha
County, Jackfork Creek is dammed to create Sardis Lake, some of which extends into southwestern Latimer County....LATIMER
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Red Oak |
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- Talihina |
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- Wilburton
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Seat) |
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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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