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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

LeFlore County, Oklahoma

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

County Seat: Poteau
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 1,586

Court House:

PO Box 607
County Courthouse
Poteau, OK 74953-0607

Etymology - Origin of County Name

named for a Choctaw Indian family of French descent, a number of the members of which have been prominent in the tribal history.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Abutting Arkansas in southeastern Oklahoma, Le Flore County encompasses 1,608.03 square miles of total land and water area. Sequoyah County borders it on the north, Haskell, Latimer, and Pushmataha counties on the west, and McCurtain County on the south. The name honors the prominent Le Flore family of the Choctaw Nation. Poteau stands as the county seat.

The physical environment varies, but is mountainous, with the Ouachita Mountains extending into the county from the south. Associated mountain ranges, including the Winding Stair Mountains and the Kiamichi Mountains, dominate the county's southern half, while peaks such as Sugar Loaf and Cavanal mountains stand more independently in the north. Covered with forests, including pine and cedar, the region has fed a prosperous lumber industry. The Ouachita National Forest covers much of the southern part of the county. The Arkansas River forms the county's northern boundary, and its tributaries, the Poteau and the James Fork rivers, drain most of the county, with the Kiamichi, Little, and Mountain Fork rivers in the southern portion draining into the Red River....LE FLORE COUNTY

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Arkoma	town	Incorporated Area
- Bokoshe	town	Incorporated Area
- Cameron	town	Incorporated Area
- Cowlington	town	Incorporated Area
- Fanshawe	town	Incorporated Area
- Fort Coffee	town	Incorporated Area
- Heavener	city	Incorporated Area
- Howe	town	Incorporated Area
- Le Flore	town	Incorporated Area
- Panama	town	Incorporated Area
- Pocola	town	Incorporated Area
- Poteau (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Rock Island	town	Incorporated Area
- Shady Point	town	Incorporated Area
- Spiro	town	Incorporated Area
- Wister	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, act locally."

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