List of counties in Oklahoma
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This is a list of the seventy-seven counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma is ranked 20th size and 17th in the number of counties.
Alphabetical list[change]
| County |
FIPS Code [1] |
County seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin |
Naming history |
Population [2] |
Area [2] |
Map |
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| Adair County | 001 | Stilwell | 1907 | . | The Adair family of the Cherokee tribe[3] | 21,038 | 576 sq mi (1,492 km²) |
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| Alfalfa County | 003 | Cherokee | 1907 | Woods County | William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869-1956), ninth Governor of Oklahoma[4] | 6,105 | 867 sq mi (2,246 km²) |
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| Atoka County | 005 | Atoka | 1907 | Choctaw lands | Captain Atoka, a noted Choctaw[5] | 13,879 | 978 sq mi (2,533 km²) |
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| Beaver County | 007 | Beaver | 1890 | Initially encompasses entire panhandle from 1890 to 1907 (as Seventh County); current geography since 1907 | The Beaver River[6] | 5,857 | 1,814 sq mi (4,698 km²) |
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| Beckham County | 009 | Sayre | 1907 | Greer County and Roger Mills County[7] | J. C. W. Beckham (1869-1940), Governor of Kentucky[7] | 19,799 | 902 sq mi (2,336 km²) |
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| Blaine County | 011 | Watonga | 1890 | . | James G. Blaine (1830-1893), former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State[8] | 11,976 | 929 sq mi (2,406 km²) |
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| Bryan County | 013 | Durant | 1907 | Choctaw lands | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), former Secretary of State, famous orator and three-time U.S. Presidential candidate[9] | 36,534 | 909 sq mi (2,354 km²) |
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| Caddo County | 015 | Anadarko | 1901 | . | From Indian word "Kaddi" meaning life or chief[10] | 30,150 | 1,278 sq mi (3,310 km²) |
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| Canadian County | 017 | El Reno | 1901 | Part of Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation[11] | . | 87,697 | 900 sq mi (2,331 km²) |
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| Carter County | 019 | Ardmore | 1907 | Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation | A prominent early-day family[12] | 45,621 | 824 sq mi (2,134 km²) |
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| Cherokee County | 021 | Tahlequah | 1907 | Originally settled by Cherokee Indians following the Trail of Tears | Cherokee Nation[13] | 42,521 | 751 sq mi (1,945 km²) |
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| Choctaw County | 023 | Hugo | 1907 | . | Choctaw Nation of Indians[14] | 15,342 | 774 sq mi (2,005 km²) |
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| Cimarron County | 025 | Boise City | 1907 | . | Cimarron River[15] | 3,148 | 1,835 sq mi (4,753 km²) |
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| Cleveland County | 027 | Norman | 1890 | . | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), two-time President of the United States[16] | 208,016 | 536 sq mi (1,388 km²) |
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| Coal County | 029 | Coalgate | 1907 | Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation | Coal, the primary economic product of the region at the time[17] | 6,031 | 518 sq mi (1,342 km²) |
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| Comanche County | 031 | Lawton | 1907 | Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservation | Spanish "Camino Ancho", meaning broad trail[18] | 114,996 | 1,069 sq mi (2,769 km²) |
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| Cotton County | 033 | Walters | 1912 | Lands of Quapaws, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Comanche Reservation, and Big Pasture | The principal economic base of the county, cotton[19] | 6,614 | 637 sq mi (1,650 km²) |
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| Craig County | 035 | Vinita | 1907 | Cherokee Nation | Granville Craig, a prominent Cherokee[20] | 14,950 | 761 sq mi (1,971 km²) |
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| Creek County | 037 | Sapulpa | 1907 | . | Creek tribe[21] | 67,367 | 956 sq mi (2,476 km²) |
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| Custer County | 039 | Arapaho | 1891 | Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation | George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), a United States Army cavalry commander[22] | 26,142 | 987 sq mi (2,556 km²) |
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| Delaware County | 041 | Jay | 1907 | . | Delaware District of old Cherokee Nation[23] | 37,077 | 741 sq mi (1,919 km²) |
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| Dewey County | 043 | Taloga | 1892 | Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation | Either for Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917)[24] or derived from original name, County "D", during land run of 1892 and later changed[23] | 4,743 | 1,000 sq mi (2,590 km²) |
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| Ellis County | 045 | Arnett | 1907 | Roger Mills and Woodward counties | Albert H. Ellis, vice president of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[25] (name could also be Abraham H. Ellis[23]) | 4,075 | 1,229 sq mi (3,183 km²) |
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| Garfield County | 047 | Enid | 1893 | Cherokee Outlet | James Garfield (1831-1881), President of the Unites States[26] | 57,813 | 1,058 sq mi (2,740 km²) |
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| Garvin County | 049 | Pauls Valley | 1907 | Chickasaw Nation | Samuel Garvin, a prominent Chickasaw Indian[27] | 27,210 | 809 sq mi (2,095 km²) |
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| Grady County | 051 | Chickasha | 1907 | . | Henry W. Grady (1851-1889), editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper[28] | 45,516 | 1,101 sq mi (2,852 km²) |
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| Grant County | 053 | Medford | 1892 | Originally "L" county | Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), President of the United States[29] | 5,144 | 1,001 sq mi (2,593 km²) |
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| Greer County | 055 | Mangum | 1896 | Greer County, Texas | John Alexander Greer, Lieutenant Governor of Texas[30] | 6,061 | 639 sq mi (1,655 km²) |
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| Harmon County | 057 | Hollis | 1909 | Greer County | Judson Harmon (1846-1927), U.S. Attorney General and Governors of Ohio[31] | 3,283 | 538 sq mi (1,393 km²) |
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| Harper County | 059 | Buffalo | 1893 | . | Oscar G. Harper, clerk of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[32] | 3,562 | 1,039 sq mi (2,691 km²) |
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| Haskell County | 061 | Stigler | 1907 | . | Charles N. Haskell (1860-1933), first Governor of Oklahoma[33] | 11,792 | 577 sq mi (1,494 km²) |
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| Hughes County | 063 | Holdenville | 1907 | . | William C. Hughes, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[34][23] | 14,154 | 807 sq mi (2,090 km²) |
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| Jackson County | 065 | Altus | 1907 | Greer County | Either Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate general during the American Civil War[35] or Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States[23] | 28,439 | 803 sq mi (2,080 km²) |
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| Jefferson County | 067 | Waurika | 1907 | Comanche County and part of Chickasaw Nation | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third President of the United States[36] | 6,818 | 759 sq mi (1,966 km²) |
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| Johnston County | 069 | Tishomingo | 1907 | . | Douglas H. Johnston, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation[37] | 10,513 | 645 sq mi (1,671 km²) |
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| Kay County | 071 | Newkirk | 1895 | Cherokee Strip | Originally designated as county "K"[38] | 48,080 | 919 sq mi (2,380 km²) |
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| Kingfisher County | 073 | Kingfisher | 1907 | Unassigned Lands | Either for a bird[23] or King David Fisher, an early settler in the area[39] | 13,926 | 903 sq mi (2,339 km²) |
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| Kiowa County | 075 | Hobart | 1901 | Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Indian Reservations | Kiowa Indian tribe[40] | 10,227 | 1,015 sq mi (2,629 km²) |
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| Latimer County | 077 | Wilburton | 1907 | . | James S. Latimer, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[41] | 10,692 | 722 sq mi (1,870 km²) |
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| Le Flore County | 079 | Poteau | 1907 | Choctaw Nation[42] | A Choctaw Indian family of French descent[23] | 48,109 | 1,586 sq mi (4,108 km²) |
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| Lincoln County | 081 | Chandler | 1891 | . | . | 32,080 | 959 sq mi (2,484 km²) |
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| Logan County | 083 | Guthrie | 1891 | . | . | 33,924 | 745 sq mi (1,930 km²) |
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| Love County | 085 | Marietta | 1907 | . | . | 8,831 | 515 sq mi (1,334 km²) |
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| Major County | 093 | Fairview | 1909 | . | . | 7,545 | 957 sq mi (2,479 km²) |
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| Marshall County | 095 | Madill | 1907 | . | . | 13,184 | 371 sq mi (961 km²) |
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| Mayes County | 097 | Pryor | 1907 | . | . | 38,369 | 656 sq mi (1,699 km²) |
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| McClain County | 087 | Purcell | 1907 | . | . | 27,740 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| McCurtain County | 089 | Idabel | 1907 | . | . | 34,402 | 1,852 sq mi (4,797 km²) |
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| McIntosh County | 091 | Eufaula | 1907 | . | . | 19,456 | 620 sq mi (1,606 km²) |
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| Murray County | 099 | Sulphur | 1907 | . | . | 12,623 | 418 sq mi (1,083 km²) |
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| Muskogee County | 101 | Muskogee | 1907 | . | . | 69,451 | 814 sq mi (2,108 km²) |
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| Noble County | 103 | Perry | 1897 | . | . | 11,411 | 732 sq mi (1,896 km²) |
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| Nowata County | 105 | Nowata | 1907 | . | . | 10,569 | 565 sq mi (1,463 km²) |
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| Okfuskee County | 107 | Okemah | 1907 | . | . | 11,814 | 625 sq mi (1,619 km²) |
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| Oklahoma County | 109 | Oklahoma City | 1891 | . | . | 660,448 | 709 sq mi (1,836 km²) |
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| Okmulgee County | 111 | Okmulgee | 1907 | . | . | 39,685 | 697 sq mi (1,805 km²) |
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| Osage County | 113 | Pawhuska | 1907 | . | . | 44,437 | 2,251 sq mi (5,830 km²) |
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| Ottawa County | 115 | Miami | 1907 | . | . | 33,194 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km²) |
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| Pawnee County | 117 | Pawnee | 1897 | . | . | 16,612 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| Payne County | 119 | Stillwater | 1890 | . | . | 68,190 | 686 sq mi (1,777 km²) |
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| Pittsburg County | 121 | McAlester | 1907 | . | . | 43,953 | 1,306 sq mi (3,383 km²) |
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| Pontotoc County | 123 | Ada | 1907 | . | . | 35,143 | 720 sq mi (1,865 km²) |
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| Pottawatomie County | 125 | Shawnee | 1891 | . | . | 65,521 | 788 sq mi (2,041 km²) |
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| Pushmataha County | 127 | Antlers | 1907 | . | . | 11,167 | 1,397 sq mi (3,618 km²) |
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| Roger Mills County | 129 | Cheyenne | 1895 | . | . | 3,436 | 1,142 sq mi (2,958 km²) |
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| Rogers County | 131 | Claremore | 1907 | . | . | 70,641 | 675 sq mi (1,748 km²) |
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| Seminole County | 133 | Wewoka | 1907 | . | . | 24,864 | 632 sq mi (1,637 km²) |
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| Sequoyah County | 135 | Sallisaw | 1907 | . | . | 38,972 | 674 sq mi (1,746 km²) |
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| Stephens County | 137 | Duncan | 1907 | . | . | 42,182 | 877 sq mi (2,271 km²) |
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| Texas County | 139 | Guymon | 1907 | . | . | 20,107 | 2,037 sq mi (5,276 km²) |
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| Tillman County | 141 | Frederick | 1907 | . | . | 9,287 | 872 sq mi (2,258 km²) |
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| Tulsa County | 143 | Tulsa | 1907 | . | Tulsey Town, an old Creek settlement in Alabama[43] | 563,299 | 570 sq mi (1,476 km²) |
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| Wagoner County | 145 | Wagoner | 1907 | . | . | 57,491 | 563 sq mi (1,458 km²) |
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| Washington County | 147 | Bartlesville | 1907 | . | . | 48,996 | 417 sq mi (1,080 km²) |
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| Washita County | 149 | Cordell | 1897 | . | . | 11,508 | 1,004 sq mi (2,600 km²) |
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| Woods County | 151 | Alva | 1893 | . | . | 9,089 | 1,287 sq mi (3,333 km²) |
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| Woodward County | 153 | Woodward | 1907 | . | . | 18,486 | 1,242 sq mi (3,217 km²) |
References[change]
- ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ok.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=OK. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ↑ "Adair" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/adair.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Alfalfa" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/alfalfa.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Atoka" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/atoka.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Beaver" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/beaver.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Beckham" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/beckham.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Blaine" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/blaine.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Bryan" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/bryan.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Caddo" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/caddo.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Canadian" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/canadian.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Carter" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/carter.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Cherokee" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/cherokee.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Choctaw" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/choctaw.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Cimarron" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/cimarron.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Cleveland" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/cleveland.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Coal" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/coal.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Comanche" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/comanche.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Cotton" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/cotton.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Craig" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/craig.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Creek" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/creek.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Custer" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/custer.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 "Origin of County Names in Oklahoma". Chronicles of Oklahoma 2 (1): 75–82. March 1924. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v002/v002p075.html. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ↑ "Dewey" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/dewey.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Ellis" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/ellis.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Garfield" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/garfield.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Garvin" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/garvin.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Grady" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/grady.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Grant" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/grant.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Greer" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/greer.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Harmon" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/harmon.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ↑ "Harper" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/harper.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Haskell" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/haskell.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Hughes" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/hughes.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Jackson" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/jackson.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Jefferson" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/jefferson.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Johnston" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/johnston.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Kay" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/kay.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Kingfisher" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/kingfisher.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Kiowa" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/kiowa.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Latimer" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/latimer.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Le Flore" (PDF). Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online. Oklahoma Department of Libraries. 2005. http://www.odl.state.ok.us/almanac/2005/counties/leflore.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
- ↑ "Tulsa County History". TulsaCounty.org. http://www.tulsacounty.org/tcohistory.asp. Retrieved 2007-02-27.