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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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Payne County, Oklahoma
Payne County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Stillwater
Year Organized: 1890
Square Miles: 686
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Court House: 606 S Husband Street
County Courthouse
Stillwater, OK 74074-4020
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for Captain David L. Payne, the leader of the "boomers" who tried to settle in Oklahoma before
its settlement was authorized by Congress.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Created on land that was once part of the Creek Nation, Payne was one of the first counties established in Oklahoma
Territory by the Organic Act in May 1890. It was first designated as the Sixth County, but was later named to honor
Boomer leader David L. Payne. The county was part of the territory settled during the Land Run of 1889.
Payne County's topography of rolling plains lies mostly within the Sandstone Hills physiographic region, and the western
part of the county lies within the Red Bed Plains. The Twin Mounds, limestone-topped hills lying east of Ingalls, is the
most noticeable feature. The Cimarron River is the primary waterway, draining most of the county via its own smaller
tributaries and Stillwater Creek and its tributaries. Prehistoric occupation of the region has been revealed in various
archaeological sites in the county, including four of the Archaic period (6000 B.C. to A.D.1), two Woodland sites (A.D.
1 to 1000), and two Plains Village sites (A.D. 1000 to 1500)....PAYNE
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Cushing |
city |
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- Glencoe |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Perkins |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ripley |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stillwater
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yale |
city |
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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