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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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Osage County, Oklahoma
Osage County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Pawhuska
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 2,251 |
Court House: PO Box 87
County Courthouse
Pawhuska, OK 74056-0087
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
the tribal name "Wazhazhe," as spelled by the French settlers of the Mississippi Valley.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Oklahoma's largest county by area, Osage County is located in the north-central part of the state and contains a
total land and water area of 2,303.8 square miles. Created at 1907 statehood the county was named for and is home to the
Osage tribe and is contiguous with the Osage Nation Reservation. It is surrounded by Washington County on the east,
Tulsa County on the east and south, Pawnee County on the south, Noble and Kay counties on the west, and the state of
Kansas on the north. Pawhuska is the county seat, and Avant, Barnsdall, Burbank, Fairfax, Foraker, Grainola, Hominy,
Osage, Prue, Shidler, Webb City, and Wynona are other incorporated towns. U.S. Highway 60 runs east-west through the
county, and state highways include 10, 11, 18, 20, 35, 97, 99, and 123.
Most of Osage County lies in the Osage Plains physiographic region and is characterized by open and rolling prairie. The
extreme east-northeastern area of the county is in the Eastern Lowlands region. Eastern Osage County has the Osage
Hills, an extension of the Flint Hills of Kansas. Gray Horse, Salt, and Drum creeks drain the county's western and
southern sections. These streams flow south into the Arkansas River, which serves as part of the county's southern and
western boundaries. Eastern Osage County is drained by the Caney River and Bird, Hominy, and Delaware creeks, which flow
east to the Verdigris River. County reservoirs include Lakes Keystone and Kaw, which were impounded on the Arkansas
River as well as Hulah, Birch, Bluestem, and Skiatook lakes....OSAGE
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Avant |
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- Barnsdall |
city |
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- Burbank |
town |
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- Fairfax |
town |
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- Foraker |
town |
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- Grainola |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hominy |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Osage |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pawhuska
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Prue |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shidler |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Skiatook |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tulsa |
city |
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- Webb City |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wynona |
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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