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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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Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
Pontotoc County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Ada
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 720
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Court House: PO Box 1425
County Courthouse
Ada, OK 74821-1425
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
the name of one of the counties of the Chickasaw Nation, which, in turn, had been named for Pontotoc
Creek in the old Chickasaw country, in Mississippi.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Pontotoc County is located in south-central Oklahoma, just east of a line dividing the state into its eastern and
western segments. Surrounding counties include Seminole, Hughes, Coal, Johnston, Murray, Garvin, McClain, and
Pottawatomie. The northern boundary is also marked by the Canadian River. The county incorporates 725.4 square miles of
land and water area. Created at 1907 statehood, it took its name from a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi,
which is also mirrored by a county name in that state. The 1832 Treaty of Pontotoc Creek provided for removal of the
Chickasaw to Indian Territory. Pontotoc is usually translated "cattail prairie" or "land of hanging grapes."...PONTOTOC
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Ada
(County Seat) |
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- Allen |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Byng |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fitzhugh |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Francis |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Roff |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stonewall |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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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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