List of counties in Oklahoma
The US -American state of Oklahoma 's 77 counties divided. The official abbreviation for the state of Oklahoma is OK and the FIPS code is 40 . The FIPS code for each individual county always starts with 40 , followed by a three-digit number. The population figures are based on the 2010 census . |
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county |
FIPS code |
County Seat |
founding |
origin |
Origin of name |
Residents 2010 |
surface |
map |
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Adair | 001 | Stilwell | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | William Penn Adair (1830–1880) - Cheroke leader and Confederate colonel | 22,683 | 1,485 km² |
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alfalfa | 003 | Cherokee | 1907 | Woods County | William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869–1956) - President of the Constituent Assembly and Governor of Oklahoma | 5,642 | 2,244 km² |
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Atoka | 005 | Atoka | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | Atoka - Choctaw chief and one of the signatories to the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty | 14,182 | 2,527 km² |
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Beaver | 007 | Beaver | 1890 | Original county | Beaver River | 5,636 | 4,700 km² |
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Beckham | 009 | Sayre | 1890 | Roger Mills County and Greer Territory | JCW Beckham (1869–1940) - 35th Governor of Kentucky (1900–1907) | 22,119 | 2,336 km² |
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Blaine | 011 | Watonga | 1892 | Part of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation | James G. Blaine (1830-1893) - US Senator (1876-1881) and US Secretary of State (1881, 1889-1892) | 11,943 | 2,405 km² |
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Bryan | 013 | Durant | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) - US Secretary of State (1913-1915) | 42,416 | 2,343 km² |
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Caddo | 015 | Anadarko | 1901 | Original county | Confederation of the Caddo | 29,600 | 3,311 km² |
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Canadian | 017 | El Reno | 1889 | Part of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation | Canadian River | 115,541 | 2,322 km² |
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Carter | 019 | Ardmore | 1907 | Pickens County and Land of the Chickasaw | Name of one of the first white settler families | 47,557 | 2,129 km² |
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Cherokee | 021 | Tahlequah | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | Cherokee people | 46,987 | 1,941 km² |
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Choctaw | 023 | Hugo | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | Choctaw people | 15.205 | 1,995 km² |
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Cimarron | 025 | Boise City | 1907 | Beaver County and Oklahoma Territory | Cimarron River | 2,475 | 4,752 km² |
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Cleveland | 027 | Norman | 1889 | Original county | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) - two-time President of the USA (1885-1889 and 1893-1897) | 255.755 | 1,395 km² |
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Coal | 029 | Coalgate | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | numerous coal mines in the county | 5,925 | 1,338 km² |
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Comanche | 031 | Lawton | 1901 | Reservation of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache | Comanche people | 124.098 | 2,769 km² |
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Cotton | 033 | Walters | 1912 | Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory | Cotton (ger .: cotton ) - the foundation of the economy in this area | 6,193 | 1,639 km² |
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Craig | 035 | Vinita | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | Granville Craig - a well-known Cherokee farmer | 15,029 | 1,972 km² |
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Creek | 037 | Sapulpa | 1907 | Land of the Muskogee | People of Muskogee, which also Creek were called | 69,967 | 2,461 km² |
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Custer | 039 | Arapaho | 1892 | Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation | George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) - cavalry officer in the US Army in the Civil War and later Indian Wars | 27,469 | 2,561 km² |
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Delaware | 041 | Jay | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | People of the Lenni Lenape , also Delaware called | 41,487 | 1,912 km² |
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Dewey | 043 | Taloga | 1892 | Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation | George Dewey (1837-1917) - Admiral in the US Navy | 4,810 | 2,589 km² |
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Ellis | 045 | Arnett | 1907 | Roger Mills and Woodward County | Abraham H. Ellis - President of the Constitutional Convention of Oklahoma | 4.151 | 3,190 km² |
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Garfield | 047 | Enid | 1893 | Land of the Cherokee | James A. Garfield (1831–1881) - 20th President of the USA (1881) | 60,580 | 2,741 km² |
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Garvin | 049 | Paul's Valley | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | Samuel Garvin - Chickasaw tribal leader | 27,576 | 2,077 km² |
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Grady | 051 | Chickasha | 1907 | Pontotoc, Caddo, Comanche, and the former Pickens Counties | Henry W. Grady (1851–1889) - editor of the Atlanta Constitution | 52,431 | 2,850 km² |
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Grant | 053 | Medford | 1893 | Original county | Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) - 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) | 4,527 | 2,592 km² |
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Greer | 055 | Mangum | 1890 | Texas | John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) - Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1847-1851) | 6.239 | 1,656 km² |
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Harmon | 057 | Hollis | 1909 | Greer and Jackson County | Judson Harmon (1846-1927) - United States Attorney General (1895-1897) | 2,922 | 1,391 km² |
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Harper | 059 | Buffalo | 1907 | Woods and Woodward Counties | Oscar G. Harper - Member of the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention") of Oklahoma | 3,685 | 2,691 km² |
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Haskell | 061 | Stigler | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | Charles N. Haskell (1860–1933) - first governor of Oklahoma | 12,769 | 1,493 km² |
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Hughes | 063 | Holdenville | 1907 | Land of the Muskogee | WC Hughes - Member of the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention") of Oklahoma | 14.003 | 2,084 km² |
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Jackson | 065 | Altus | 1907 | Greer County | Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824–1863) called Stonewall - General of the Confederate Army . | 26,446 | 2,079 km² |
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Jefferson | 067 | Waurika | 1907 | Comanche County and part land of the Chickasaw | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) - third President of the United States (1801–1809) | 6,472 | 1,965 km² |
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Johnston | 069 | Tishomingo | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | Douglas H. Johnston (1856–1939) - Chickasaw tribal leader | 10,957 | 1,665 km² |
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Kay | 071 | Newkirk | 1895 | Original county | Named after the letter "K" | 46,562 | 2,382 km² |
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Kingfisher | 073 | Kingfisher | 1890 | Original county | Kingfisher Creek | 15,034 | 2,326 km² |
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Kiowa | 075 | Hobart | 1901 | Land of the Kiowa Apaches | Kiowa people | 9,446 | 2,629 km² |
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Latimer | 077 | Wilburton | 1902 | Land of the Choctaw | James S. Latimer - Oklahoma MP | 11,154 | 1,870 km² |
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Le Flore | 079 | Poteau | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | Greenwood LeFlore (1800–1865) - Choctaw chief | 50,384 | 4,116 km² |
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Lincoln | 081 | Chandler | 1891 | Original county | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) - 16th President of the United States (1861–1865) | 34,273 | 2,466 km² |
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Logan | 083 | Guthrie | 1890 | Original county | John A. Logan (1826–1886) - General of the US Army in the Civil War and later US Senator from Illinois (1871–1877, 1879–1886) | 41,848 | 1,927 km² |
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Love | 085 | Marietta | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | Overton Love - a judge and noted landowner from the Chickasaw people | 9.423 | 1,331 km² |
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major | 093 | Fairview | 1907 | Woods County | John C. Major - a member of the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention") of Oklahoma | 7,527 | 2,473 km² |
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Marshall | 095 | Madill | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | Marshall - the maiden name of the mother of a member of the Constituent Assembly ("Constitutional Convention") of Oklahoma | 15,840 | 961 km² |
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Mayes | 097 | Pryor | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | Samuel Houston Mayes (1845–1927) - leader of the Cherokee (1895–1899) | 41,259 | 1,697 km² |
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McClain | 087 | Purcell | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | Charles M. McClain - a member of the Constitutional Convention of Oklahoma | 34.506 | 1,478 km² |
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McCurtain | 089 | Idabel | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | The McCurtain family, a well-known landowning family of the Choctaw people | 33,151 | 4,792 km² |
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McIntosh | 091 | Eufaula | 1907 | Land of the Muskogee | McIntosh Family - well known Muskogee landowners | 20,252 | 1,602 km² |
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Murray | 099 | Sulfur | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | William "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869–1956) - President of the Constituent Assembly and Governor of Oklahoma | 13,488 | 1,079 km² |
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Muskogee | 101 | Muskogee | 1898 | Land of the Muskogee | Muskogee people | 70,990 | 2,100 km² |
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Noble | 103 | Perry | 1893 | Land of the Cherokee | John Willock Noble (1831-1912) - US Secretary of the Interior (1889-1893) | 11,561 | 1,896 km² |
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Nowata | 105 | Nowata | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | The city of Nowata | 10,536 | 1,465 km² |
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Okfuskee | 107 | Okemah | 1907 | Land of the Muskogee | old Indian settlement in Alabama | 12.191 | 1,602 km² |
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Oklahoma | 109 | Oklahoma City | 1890 | Original county | Word from the Choctaw language: okla (man) and humma (red), so much like the land of the red man | 718.633 | 1,836 km² |
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Okmulgee | 111 | Okmulgee | 1907 | Land of the Muskogee | Indian word for sparkling water | 40,069 | 1,806 km² |
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Osage | 113 | Pawhuska | 1907 | Reservation of the Osage | Osage Indian people | 47,472 | 5,818 km² |
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Ottawa | 115 | Miami | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | Ottawa Indian people | 31,848 | 1,219 km² |
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Pawnee | 117 | Pawnee | 1893 | Land of the Cherokee | The Pawnee Indian people | 16,577 | 1,471 km² |
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Payne | 119 | Stillwater | 1890 | Original county | David L. Payne (1836-1884) - organized in 1889 the first Oklahoma Land Run and is therefore also the father of Oklahoma called | 77,350 | 1,773 km² |
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Pittsburg | 121 | McAlester | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , the hometown of some of the first white settlers | 45,837 | 3,381 km² |
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Pontotoc | 123 | Ada | 1907 | Land of the Chickasaw | a word from the Chickasaw language | 37,492 | 1,866 km² |
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Pottawatomy | 125 | Shawnee | 1891 | Original county | Potawatomi people | 69,442 | 2,040 km² |
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Pushmataha | 127 | Antlers | 1907 | Land of the Choctaw | Pushmataha District , part of the former Choctaw territory in what was then Indian territory | 11,572 | 3,615 km² |
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Roger Mills | 129 | Cheyenne | 1892 | Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911) - US Senator from Texas (1892-1899) | 3,647 | 2,956 km² |
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Rogers | 131 | Claremore | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | Clement V. Rogers (1839–1911) - Cherokee judge and Constitutional Convention member of Oklahoma and father of Will Rogers | 86.905 | 1,750 km² |
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Seminole | 133 | Wewoka | 1907 | Land of the Seminoles | Seminole Indians | 25,482 | 1,639 km² |
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Sequoyah | 135 | Sallisaw | 1907 | Land of the Cherokee | Sequoyah (approx. 1770–1843) - inventor of the Cherokee script | 42,391 | 1,744 km² |
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Stephens | 137 | Duncan | 1907 | Land of the Comanche and the Chickasaw | John H. Stephens (1847-1924) - Member of the US House of Representatives (1897-1917) | 45,048 | 2,254 km² |
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Texas | 139 | Guymon | 1907 | Beaver County and Oklahoma Territory | the neighboring state of Texas | 20,640 | 5,287 km² |
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Tillman | 141 | Frederick | 1907 | Land of the Comanche | Benjamin Tillman (1847–1918) - Governor of South Carolina (1890–1894) and US Senator (1895–1918) | 7,992 | 2,256 km² |
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Tulsa | 143 | Tulsa | 1905 | Land of the Muskogee | The city of Tulsa , named after the Muskogee settlement of Tulsey Town , Alabama | 603,403 | 1,477 km² |
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Wagoner | 145 | Wagoner | 1908 | Land of the Muskogee | Bailey P. Wagoner - an attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company | 73.085 | 1,454 km² |
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Washington | 147 | Bartlesville | 1897 | Land of the Cherokee | George Washington (1732–1799) - first President of the United States (1789–1797) | 50,976 | 1,076 km² |
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Washita | 149 | Cordell | 1900 | Land of the Cheyenne | Washita River | 11,629 | 2,598 km² |
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Woods | 151 | Alva | 1893 | Land of the Cherokee | Samuel Newitt Wood (1825-1891) - Kansas MP | 8,878 | 3,332 km² |
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Woodward | 153 | Woodward | 1893 | Land of the Cherokee | BW Woodward - Director of the Santa Fe Railroad | 20,081 | 3,218 km² |
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Individual evidence
- ^ Oklahoma FIPS Codes
- ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau - Oklahoma - State & County QuickFacts Area information in square miles - converted to square kilometers
- ^ US Census 2010.Retrieved October 26, 2011