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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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Ottawa County, Oklahoma
Ottawa County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Miami
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 471
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Court House: 102 E Central Ave
County Courthouse
Miami, OK 74354-7072
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
the tribal name, corruption of "Adawe," meaning to trade or traffic.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in Oklahoma's northeastern corner, Ottawa County contains 484.73 square miles of land and water. Created at
1907 statehood the county is bordered by Kansas on the north, Missouri on the east, Delaware County on the south, and
Craig County on the west. The name honors the Ottawa tribe.
The environmental setting displays two separate characteristics, the Ozark Plateau and the Osage Plains. The Ozark
Plateau of the eastern part of the county gives way to the plains west of the Neosho River. The plains region here has
also been classified as the Neosho Lowlands. The Neosho (Grand) and Spring rivers once merged in the county, but they
now drain into the Lake O' the Cherokees, known as Grand Lake, impounded in 1940....OTTAWA
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Afton |
town |
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- Bernice |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bluejacket |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cardin |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Commerce |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fairland |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miami
(County Seat) |
city |
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- North Miami |
town |
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- Peoria |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Picher |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Quapaw |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wyandotte |
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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