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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

Mayes County, Oklahoma

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

County Seat: Pryor
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 656

Court House:

1 Court Place, Suite 120
County Courthouse
Pryor, OK 74361-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Namedfor a prominent family in the Cherokee Nation, two members of which were principal chiefs of the tribe.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Mayes County is located near the northeastern corner of Oklahoma. Surrounding counties include Craig to the north, Delaware to the east, Cherokee and Wagoner to the south, and Rogers to the west. The topography of the county's 683.51 square miles is divided by the Grand River, and of the total area 27.37 square miles is surface water. The eastern half lies on the edge of the Ozark Plateau, or Ozark Uplift, characterized by flat areas divided by deep, V-shaped stream valleys. The western half of the county lies in the Prairie Plains. The incorporated towns include Adair, Chouteau, Disney, Grand Lake, Langley, Locust Grove, Pensacola, Pryor Creek, Salina, Spavinaw, Sportsmen Acres, and Strang....MAYES COUNTY

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Adair	town	Incorporated Area
- Chouteau	town	Incorporated Area
- Disney	town	Incorporated Area
- Hoot Owl	town	Incorporated Area
- Ketchum	town	Incorporated Area
- Langley	town	Incorporated Area
- Locust Grove	town	Incorporated Area
- Pryor (County Seat)
- Pryor Creek	city	Incorporated Area
- Salina	town	Incorporated Area
- Spavinaw	town	Incorporated Area
- Sportsmen Acres	town	Incorporated Area
- Strang	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."