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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

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

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

County Seat: Oklahoma City
Year Organized: 1891
Square Miles: 709

Court House:

320 Robert S Kerr, Room 119
County Courthouse
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

combination of two Choctaw words "Okla" meaning people and "Humma" red.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Located in central Oklahoma, Oklahoma County is bordered by Logan County on the north, Lincoln and Pottawatomie counties on the east, Cleveland County on the south, and Canadian County on the west. Formed from the Unassigned Lands and designated as County Two in 1890, Oklahoma County is drained by the Deep Fork and the North Canadian rivers. Named for Oklahoma City the county is comprised of 718.31 acres of land and water and is located in the Red Bed Plains physiographic region. At the turn of the twenty-first century incorporated towns included Arcadia, Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, Forest Park, Harrah, Jones, Lake Aluma, Luther, Midwest City, Nichols Hills, Nicoma Park, Smith Village, Spencer, Valley Brook, The Village, Warr Acres, Woodlawn Park, and Oklahoma City, the county seat and state capital....OKLAHOMA COUNTY

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Arcadia	town	Incorporated Area
- Bethany	city	Incorporated Area
- Choctaw	city	Incorporated Area
- Del City	city	Incorporated Area
- Edmond	city	Incorporated Area
- Forest Park	town	Incorporated Area
- Harrah	city	Incorporated Area
- Jones	town	Incorporated Area
- Lake Aluma	town	Incorporated Area
- Luther	town	Incorporated Area
- Midwest City	city	Incorporated Area
- Moore	city	Incorporated Area
- Nichols Hills	city	Incorporated Area
- Nicoma Park	city	Incorporated Area
- Oklahoma City (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Smith Village	town	Incorporated Area
- Spencer	city	Incorporated Area
- The Village	city	Incorporated Area
- Valley Brook	town	Incorporated Area
- Warr Acres	city	Incorporated Area
- Woodlawn Park	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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