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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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Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Muskogee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Muskogee
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 814 |
Court House: 3000 North Street
Muskogee, OK 74403-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named from the city, which in turn was named for the Muskogee or Creek tribe of Indians. The word is a corruption
of "Maskoki" said to have been derived from an Algonquin word signifying swamp or marshy land.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in eastern Oklahoma, Muskogee County was named for the Muscogee (Creek) Tribe, although its boundaries
encompass the Muskogee District of the Creek Nation and a portion of the Illinois and Canadian districts of the Cherokee
Nation. This county is bordered by Wagoner and Cherokee counties on the north, Cherokee and Sequoyah counties on the
east, Haskell and McIntosh counties on the south, and Okmulgee and McIntosh counties on the west. The city of Muskogee,
established in 1872, serves as the county seat. In addition to Muskogee incorporated towns include Boynton, Braggs,
Council Hill, Fort Gibson, Haskell, Otkaha, Porum, Summit, Taft, Wainwright, Warner, and Webber Falls.
Three important rivers, the Arkansas, Verdigris, and Neosho (Grand), converge in Muskogee County. The county includes
838.99 square miles of land and water that encompass a varied topography. The western portion is primarily prairie
grassland growing over a layer of sandstone that contains pockets of coal, oil, and natural gas. The prairie gives way
to the wooded Cookson Hills in the county's eastern section, which is on the western fringe of the Ozark Mountains. The
confluence of the Arkansas, Verdigris, and Neosho gave the area the name of Three Forks, and several salt springs
attracted abundant game to the region....MUSKOGEE
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Boynton |
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- Braggs |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Council Hill |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fort Gibson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Haskell |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Muskogee
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oktaha |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Porum |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Summit |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Taft |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wainwright |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Warner |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Webbers Falls |
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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