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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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McClain County, Oklahoma
McClain County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Purcell
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 570
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Court House: PO Box 629
County Courthouse
Purcell, OK 73080-0629
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Charles McClain, member of the Constitutional Convention.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in central Oklahoma, McClain County, created at 1907 statehood, incorporates 580.13 square miles of land and
water. The name honors Charles M. McClain, a member of Oklahoma's 1906 Constitutional Convention. Cleveland County and a
portion of Pottawatomie County border McClain County on the north, with Pontotoc on the east, Garvin on the south, and
Grady on the west. At the end of the twentieth century incorporated towns included Blanchard, Byars, Cole, Dibble,
Goldsby, Newcastle, Rosedale, Washington, Wayne, and Purcell served as the county seat.
The county lies in the Redbed Plains region of the broader Osage Plains. The western portion is hilly and historically
has been blanketed with black jack oak trees. Level lowlands characterize the southeastern arm. The South Canadian River
forms the northern border, draining much of the county. The Washita River flows near the southwestern corner, with
several McClain County creeks feeding it....McCLAIN
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Blanchard |
city |
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- Byars |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cole |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dibble |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Goldsby |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Newcastle |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Purcell
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rosedale |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Washington |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wayne |
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,
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