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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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Woods County, Oklahoma
Woods County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Alva
Year Organized: 1893
Square Miles: 1,287
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Court House: PO Box 386
County Courthouse
Alva, OK 73717-0386
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named for a noted Kansas pioneer, politician and legislator, Samuel N. Wood, who was assassinated two
years before the opening of the Cherokee Outlet lands to settlement. Many of his political followers who regarded him as
a martyr, settled in Oklahoma, and in preparing the ballot to vote on his name the letter "s" was inadvertently added.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Woods County is located in northwestern Oklahoma. Harper and Woodward counties adjoin it on the west, Major County is
on its southern border, and Alfalfa County lies to its east. The Kansas counties of Barber and Comanche border it on the
north. The county encompasses a total land and water area of 1,290.07 square miles. Woods County is drained from the
northwest to the southeast by the Cimarron and the Salt Fork of the Arkansas rivers and their tributaries. The Gypsum
Hills of Barber County, Kansas, extend southward into the western part of the county. At the turn of the twenty-first
century incorporated towns included Alva, the county seat, Avard, Capron, Dacoma, Freedom, and Waynoka....WOODS
COUNTY
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Alva
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- Avard |
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- Capron |
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- Dacoma |
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- Freedom |
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- Waynoka |
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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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