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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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Nowata County, Oklahoma
Nowata County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Nowata
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 565 |
Court House: 229 N Maple St
County Courthouse
Nowata, OK 74048-2654
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for its county seat town. The name is said to be a corruption of the Delaware Indian word "Noweeta"
meaning "welcome."
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Nowata County is located in northeastern Oklahoma. Surrounding Oklahoma counties include Craig on the east, Rogers on
the south, and Washington on the west. The Kansas counties of Montgomery and Labette border on the north. Archaeologists
believe humans first occupied Nowata County some six centuries ago. Among the first inhabitants were prehistoric
American Indians called the "Earth House People" and the "Cave and Ledge People." Three archaeological excavations, the
Craig, Lawrence, and Lightning Creek sites, revealed much information about those people. Located in the Verdigris River
valley, the sites date from between 1000 to 1500 B.C....NOWATA
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Delaware |
town |
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- Lenapah |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Alluwe |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nowata
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Coffeyville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wann |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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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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