|
Oklahoma State...
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Oklahoma Counties
|
|
Click Image to Enlarge
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
|
|
| |
|
|
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Pittsburg County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: McAlester
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 1,306
|
Court House: 115 E Carl Albert Parkway
County Courthouse
McAlester, OK 74501-5020
|
Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the final "h" having been dropped.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in east-central Oklahoma, Pittsburg County, created at 1907 statehood, incorporates 1,377.85 square miles of
land and water. Because of the county's early coal production, leaders suggested the name Pittsburg, referring to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comparing the county's large coal quantity to the northern state. The county borders McIntosh
County on the north, Haskell and Latimer on the east, Atoka and Pushmataha to the south, and Hughes and Coal counties on
the west. At the turn of the twenty-first century Pittsburg County's incorporated towns included Alderson, Ashland,
Canadian, Crowder, Haileyville, Hartshorne, Indianola, Kiowa, Krebs, McAlester (county seat), Pittsburg, Quinton, and
Savanna.
Pittsburg County is generally hilly and in places mountainous. The Ouachita Mountains extend into the southeastern
portion, with sandstone hills contributing to most of the landscape in the northern and western sections. The Canadian
River and Lake Eufaula form the northern boundary and drains most of Pittsburg County. A few creeks and streams,
including Jack Fork Creek, drain into Boggy Creek and the Kiamichi River and eventually into the Red River....PITTSBURG
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
|
- Alderson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Ashland |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Canadian |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Crowder |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Haileyville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Hartshorne |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Indianola |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Kiowa |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Krebs |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- McAlester
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Pittsburg |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Quinton |
town |
Incorporated Area |
|
- Savanna |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Enter County Resources and Information Here
|
|
County Resource Guide
|
|
|
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." |
|
|
| |
|
