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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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Washington County, Oklahoma
Washington County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Bartlesville
Year Organized: 1907
Square Miles: 417 |
Court House: 420 S Johnstone, Room 108
County Courthouse
Bartlesville, OK 74003-6602
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for President George Washington.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Located in northeastern Oklahoma, Washington County contains a total land and water area of 424.15 square miles,
making it the state's smallest county. It is bordered by Nowata and Rogers counties on the east, Tulsa County to the
south, Osage County on the west, and the state of Kansas to the north. Named for U.S. Pres. George Washington,
Washington County was created at 1907 statehood. The incorporated towns are Bartlesville (the county seat), Copan,
Dewey, Ochelata, Ramona, and Vera. U.S. Highway 60 runs east-west through the county and intersects U.S. Highway 75, a
north-south thoroughfare, at Bartlesville. State Highway 123 extends southwestward from Dewey to near Barnsdall in Osage
County.
Washington County lies in the Eastern Lowlands physiographic region. The south- to southeastward-flowing Caney River and
its tributaries drain the county. In April 1983 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the Copan Dam on the Little
Caney River, creating Copan Lake, the county's largest reservoir. Other bodies of water include natural Silver Lake and
Bar-Dew Lake, a 1930s Works Progress Administration project....WASHINGTON
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Bartlesville
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- Copan |
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- Dewey |
city |
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- Ochelata |
town |
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- Ramona |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Vera |
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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