Counties of Oklahoma
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Location	State of Oklahoma
Number	77
Populations	2,475 (Cimarron) – 718,633 (Oklahoma)
Areas	371 square miles (960 km2) (Marshall) – 2,251 square miles (5,830 km2) (Osage)
Government	County government
Subdivisions	cities, towns, unincorporated communities, indian reservations, census designated place civil townships (Statehood until mid 1930s)

There are 77 counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma is ranked 20th in size and 17th in the number of counties, between Mississippi with 82 counties and Arkansas with 75 counties.^[1]

Oklahoma originally had seven counties (Logan, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Canadian, Kingfisher, Payne, and Beaver) 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.^[2] Upon statehood, all Oklahoma counties allowed civil townships within their counties. A few years after statehood, a constitutional amendment allowed them to be abolished on a county by county basis, and by the mid-1930s, all Oklahoma counties had voted to do so.^[3]

According to the Oklahoma Constitution, a county can be disorganized if the sum of all taxable property is less than two and a half million dollars. If so, then a petition must be signed by one-fourth of the population and then a vote would occur. If a majority vote for dissolution of the county, the county will be combined with an adjacent county with the lowest valuation of taxable property.^[4]

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.

The Area in these tables is land area, and does not include water area.

Oklahoma's postal abbreviation is OK and its FIPS state code is 40.

Alphabetical list[edit]

County	FIPS code[5]	County seat[6]	Established[6]	Origin	Etymology[7]	Density	Population[8]	Area[6]	Map
Adair County	001	Stilwell	1907	Cherokee lands[9]	William Penn Adair, Cherokee tribal leader and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War[9]	39.38	7004226830000000000♠22,683	7002576000000000000♠576 sq mi (7003149200000000000♠1,492 km2)
Alfalfa County	003	Cherokee	1907	Woods County	William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, ninth Governor of Oklahoma[10]	6.51	7003564200000000000♠5,642	7002867000000000000♠867 sq mi (7003224600000000000♠2,246 km2)
Atoka County	005	Atoka	1907	Choctaw lands	Captain Atoka, a noted Choctaw leader and signer of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek[11]	14.5	7004141820000000000♠14,182	7002978000000000000♠978 sq mi (7003253300000000000♠2,533 km2)
Beaver County	007	Beaver	1890	Seventh County (entire panhandle until 1907)[12]	The Beaver River[13]	3.11	7003563600000000000♠5,636	7003181400000000000♠1,814 sq mi (7003469800000000000♠4,698 km2)
Beckham County	009	Sayre	1907	Greer County and Roger Mills County[14]	J. C. W. Beckham, Governor of Kentucky[14]	24.52	7004221190000000000♠22,119	7002902000000000000♠902 sq mi (7003233600000000000♠2,336 km2)
Blaine County	011	Watonga	1890	Part of Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation.[15]	James G. Blaine, Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State[16]	12.86	7004119430000000000♠11,943	7002929000000000000♠929 sq mi (7003240600000000000♠2,406 km2)
Bryan County	013	Durant	1907	Choctaw lands	William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State, famous orator and three-time U.S. Presidential candidate[17]	46.66	7004424160000000000♠42,416	7002909000000000000♠909 sq mi (7003235400000000000♠2,354 km2)
Caddo County	015	Anadarko	1901	Indian Territory	From Indian word "Kaddi" meaning life or chief[18]	23.16	7004296000000000000♠29,600	7003127800000000000♠1,278 sq mi (7003331000000000000♠3,310 km2)
Canadian County	017	El Reno	1901	Part of Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation[19]	The Canadian River.[20]	128.38	7005115541000000000♠115,541	7002900000000000000♠900 sq mi (7003233100000000000♠2,331 km2)
Carter County	019	Ardmore	1907	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation	A prominent family of early settlers[21]	57.71	7004475570000000000♠47,557	7002824000000000000♠824 sq mi (7003213400000000000♠2,134 km2)
Cherokee County	021	Tahlequah	1907	Originally settled by Cherokee Indians following the Trail of Tears	Cherokee Nation of Indians[22]	62.57	7004469870000000000♠46,987	7002751000000000000♠751 sq mi (7003194500000000000♠1,945 km2)
Choctaw County	023	Hugo	1907	Choctaw Nation	Choctaw Nation of Indians[23]	19.64	7004152050000000000♠15,205	7002774000000000000♠774 sq mi (7003200500000000000♠2,005 km2)
Cimarron County	025	Boise City	1907	Seventh County (entire panhandle until 1907)[12]	Cimarron River[24]	1.34	7003247500000000000♠2,475	7003183500000000000♠1,835 sq mi (7003475300000000000♠4,753 km2)
Cleveland County	027	Norman	1890	County 3 in Oklahoma Territory.	Grover Cleveland, twice President of the United States[25]	477.15	7005255755000000000♠255,755	7002536000000000000♠536 sq mi (7003138800000000000♠1,388 km2)
Coal County	029	Coalgate	1907	Atoka County, Choctaw Nation	Coal, the primary economic product of the region at the time[26]	11.44	7003592500000000000♠5,925	7002518000000000000♠518 sq mi (7003134200000000000♠1,342 km2)
Comanche County	031	Lawton	1907	Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservation	Spanish "Camino Ancho", meaning broad trail[27]	116.09	7005124098000000000♠124,098	7003106900000000000♠1,069 sq mi (7003276900000000000♠2,769 km2)
Cotton County	033	Walters	1912	Lands of Quapaws, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Comanche Reservation, and Big Pasture	The principal economic base of the county, cotton[28]	9.72	7003619300000000000♠6,193	7002637000000000000♠637 sq mi (7003165000000000000♠1,650 km2)
Craig County	035	Vinita	1907	Cherokee Nation	Granville Craig, a prominent Cherokee planter[29]	19.75	7004150290000000000♠15,029	7002761000000000000♠761 sq mi (7003197100000000000♠1,971 km2)
Creek County	037	Sapulpa	1907	Creek Nation	Creek Nation of Indians[30]	73.19	7004699670000000000♠69,967	7002956000000000000♠956 sq mi (7003247600000000000♠2,476 km2)
Custer County	039	Arapaho	1891	Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation	George A. Custer, United States Army cavalry commander during the Indian Wars[31]	27.83	7004274690000000000♠27,469	7002987000000000000♠987 sq mi (7003255600000000000♠2,556 km2)
Delaware County	041	Jay	1907	Delaware District of Cherokee Nation	Delaware Nation of Indians [2]	55.99	7004414870000000000♠41,487	7002741000000000000♠741 sq mi (7003191900000000000♠1,919 km2)
Dewey County	043	Taloga	1892	Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation	Admiral George Dewey, hero of the Spanish–American War[32]	4.81	7003481000000000000♠4,810	7003100000000000000♠1,000 sq mi (7003259000000000000♠2,590 km2)
Ellis County	045	Arnett	1907	Roger Mills and Woodward counties	Albert H. Ellis, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and first state Legislature[33]	3.38	7003415100000000000♠4,151	7003122900000000000♠1,229 sq mi (7003318300000000000♠3,183 km2)
Garfield County	047	Enid	1893	Cherokee Outlet	James Garfield, President of the United States[34]	57.26	7004605800000000000♠60,580	7003105800000000000♠1,058 sq mi (7003274000000000000♠2,740 km2)
Garvin County	049	Pauls Valley	1907	Chickasaw Nation	Samuel Garvin, a prominent Chickasaw Indian and local merchant[35]	34.09	7004275760000000000♠27,576	7002809000000000000♠809 sq mi (7003209500000000000♠2,095 km2)
Grady County	051	Chickasha	1907	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation	Henry W. Grady, editor of the Atlanta Constitution[36]	47.62	7004524310000000000♠52,431	7003110100000000000♠1,101 sq mi (7003285200000000000♠2,852 km2)
Grant County	053	Medford	1892	County L	Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States[37]	4.52	7003452700000000000♠4,527	7003100100000000000♠1,001 sq mi (7003259300000000000♠2,593 km2)
Greer County	055	Mangum	1896	Greer County, Texas	John Alexander Greer, Lieutenant Governor of Texas[38]	9.76	7003623900000000000♠6,239	7002639000000000000♠639 sq mi (7003165500000000000♠1,655 km2)
Harmon County	057	Hollis	1909	GREER County	Judson Harmon, U.S. Attorney General and Governor of Ohio[39]	5.43	7003292200000000000♠2,922	7002538000000000000♠538 sq mi (7003139300000000000♠1,393 km2)
Harper County	059	Buffalo	1893	Woodward County	Oscar G. Harper, clerk of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[40]	3.55	7003368500000000000♠3,685	7003103900000000000♠1,039 sq mi (7003269100000000000♠2,691 km2)
Haskell County	061	Stigler	1907	San Bois County of the Choctaw Nation	Charles N. Haskell, first Governor of Oklahoma[41]	22.13	7004127690000000000♠12,769	7002577000000000000♠577 sq mi (7003149400000000000♠1,494 km2)
Hughes County	063	Holdenville	1907	Choctaw Nation and Creek Nation lands	William C. Hughes, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[2][42]	17.35	7004140030000000000♠14,003	7002807000000000000♠807 sq mi (7003209000000000000♠2,090 km2)
Jackson County	065	Altus	1907	Greer County	Either Stonewall Jackson, Confederate general during the American Civil War[43] or Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States[2]	32.93	7004264460000000000♠26,446	7002803000000000000♠803 sq mi (7003208000000000000♠2,080 km2)
Jefferson County	067	Waurika	1907	Comanche County and part of Chickasaw Nation	Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States[44]	8.53	7003647200000000000♠6,472	7002759000000000000♠759 sq mi (7003196600000000000♠1,966 km2)
Johnston County	069	Tishomingo	1907	Chickasaw Nation land	Douglas H. Johnston, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation[45]	16.99	7004109570000000000♠10,957	7002645000000000000♠645 sq mi (7003167100000000000♠1,671 km2)
Kay County	071	Newkirk	1895	County K, Cherokee Strip	Originally designated as county "K"[46]	50.67	7004465620000000000♠46,562	7002919000000000000♠919 sq mi (7003238000000000000♠2,380 km2)
Kingfisher County	073	Kingfisher	1907	Unassigned Lands	Either for the kingfisher bird[2] or King David Fisher, an early settler in the area[47]	16.65	7004150340000000000♠15,034	7002903000000000000♠903 sq mi (7003233900000000000♠2,339 km2)
Kiowa County	075	Hobart	1901	Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Indian Reservations	Kiowa Nation of Indians [48]	9.31	7003944600000000000♠9,446	7003101500000000000♠1,015 sq mi (7003262900000000000♠2,629 km2)
Latimer County	077	Wilburton	1907	Choctaw Nation land	James S. Latimer, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention[49]	15.45	7004111540000000000♠11,154	7002722000000000000♠722 sq mi (7003187000000000000♠1,870 km2)
Le Flore County	079	Poteau	1907	Choctaw Nation[50]	A Choctaw Indian family of French descent[2]	31.77	7004503840000000000♠50,384	7003158600000000000♠1,586 sq mi (7003410800000000000♠4,108 km2)
Lincoln County	081	Chandler	1891	County A in Oklahoma Territory	Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States	35.74	7004342730000000000♠34,273	7002959000000000000♠959 sq mi (7003248400000000000♠2,484 km2)
Logan County	083	Guthrie	1891	County 1 in Oklahoma Territory	John A. Logan, American Civil War general	56.17	7004418480000000000♠41,848	7002745000000000000♠745 sq mi (7003193000000000000♠1,930 km2)
Love County	085	Marietta	1907	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory	Overton Love, Chickasaw judge and prominent landowner	18.3	7003942300000000000♠9,423	7002515000000000000♠515 sq mi (7003133400000000000♠1,334 km2)
Major County	093	Fairview	1909	Woods County, Oklahoma Territory	John C. Major, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention	7.87	7003752700000000000♠7,527	7002957000000000000♠957 sq mi (7003247900000000000♠2,479 km2)
Marshall County	095	Madill	1907	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory[51]	The maiden name of a member of the Constitutional Convention's mother	42.7	7004158400000000000♠15,840	7002371000000000000♠371 sq mi (7002961000000000000♠961 km2)
Mayes County	097	Pryor	1907	Saline District, Cherokee Nation[52]	Cherokee leader Samuel Houston Mayes	62.89	7004412590000000000♠41,259	7002656000000000000♠656 sq mi (7003169900000000000♠1,699 km2)
McClain County	087	Purcell	1907	Choctaw Nation land	Charles M. McClain, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention	60.54	7004345060000000000♠34,506	7002570000000000000♠570 sq mi (7003147600000000000♠1,476 km2)
McCurtain County	089	Idabel	1907	[53]	The McCurtain family, a prominent Choctaw landowning group	17.9	7004331510000000000♠33,151	7003185200000000000♠1,852 sq mi (7003479700000000000♠4,797 km2)
McIntosh County	091	Eufaula	1907	Creek Nation land[54]	The McIntosh family, a prominent Creek landowning group	32.66	7004202520000000000♠20,252	7002620000000000000♠620 sq mi (7003160600000000000♠1,606 km2)
Murray County	099	Sulphur	1907	Chickasaw Nation land	Governor of Oklahoma William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray	32.27	7004134880000000000♠13,488	7002418000000000000♠418 sq mi (7003108300000000000♠1,083 km2)
Muskogee County	101	Muskogee	1907	Muskogee District of Creek Nation and part of Illinois and Canadian Districts of Cherokee Nation[55]	Muskogee Nation of Indians	87.21	7004709900000000000♠70,990	7002814000000000000♠814 sq mi (7003210800000000000♠2,108 km2)
Noble County	103	Perry	1897	County P in Oklahoma Territory.[56]	U.S. Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble	15.79	7004115610000000000♠11,561	7002732000000000000♠732 sq mi (7003189600000000000♠1,896 km2)
Nowata County	105	Nowata	1907	Cooweescoowee District of Cherokee Nation[57]	The town of Nowata, Oklahoma. The exact origin is unknown, but the two most common stories are that railroad surveyors used the Delaware word noweta for welcome or that a sign was posted indicating that local springs had no water: No wata	18.65	7004105360000000000♠10,536	7002565000000000000♠565 sq mi (7003146300000000000♠1,463 km2)
Okfuskee County	107	Okemah	1907	Creek Nation land	Creek town of the same name in Cleburn County, Alabama	19.51	7004121910000000000♠12,191	7002625000000000000♠625 sq mi (7003161900000000000♠1,619 km2)
Oklahoma County	109	Oklahoma City	1891	Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory, the County 2 in Oklahoma Territory[58]	From two Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning people and red	1,013.59	7005718633000000000♠718,633	7002709000000000000♠709 sq mi (7003183600000000000♠1,836 km2)
Okmulgee County	111	Okmulgee	1907	Creek Nation land	Creek word meaning boiling water	57.49	7004400690000000000♠40,069	7002697000000000000♠697 sq mi (7003180500000000000♠1,805 km2)
Osage County	113	Pawhuska	1907	Coterminous with Osage Reservation	The Osage Indian Reservation, inhabited by the Osage Nation	21.09	7004474720000000000♠47,472	7003225100000000000♠2,251 sq mi (7003583000000000000♠5,830 km2)
Ottawa County	115	Miami	1907	Multiple tribal reservations in Indian Territory.[59]	Ottawa Native American people	67.62	7004318480000000000♠31,848	7002471000000000000♠471 sq mi (7003122000000000000♠1,220 km2)
Pawnee County	117	Pawnee	1897	Cherokee Outlet, then County Q in Oklahoma Territory[60]	The Skidi Pawnee Native American people	29.08	7004165770000000000♠16,577	7002570000000000000♠570 sq mi (7003147600000000000♠1,476 km2)
Payne County	119	Stillwater	1890	County 6 in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, renamed to Payne County in 1907[61]	David L. Payne, the key figure in opening Oklahoma to white settlement	112.76	7004773500000000000♠77,350	7002686000000000000♠686 sq mi (7003177700000000000♠1,777 km2)
Pittsburg County	121	McAlester	1907	Choctaw Nation land[62]	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	35.1	7004458370000000000♠45,837	7003130600000000000♠1,306 sq mi (7003338300000000000♠3,383 km2)
Pontotoc County	123	Ada	1907	Chickasaw Nation[63]	Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning cat tails growing on the prairie	52.07	7004374920000000000♠37,492	7002720000000000000♠720 sq mi (7003186500000000000♠1,865 km2)
Pottawatomie County	125	Shawnee	1891	Creek Nation and Seminole Nation lands.[64]	The Pottawatomie Native American people	88.12	7004694420000000000♠69,442	7002788000000000000♠788 sq mi (7003204100000000000♠2,041 km2)
Pushmataha County	127	Antlers	1907	Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation[65]	The Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation	8.28	7004115720000000000♠11,572	7003139700000000000♠1,397 sq mi (7003361800000000000♠3,618 km2)
Roger Mills County	129	Cheyenne	1895	County F in Oklahoma Territory[66]	U.S. Senator Roger Q. Mills	3.19	7003364700000000000♠3,647	7003114200000000000♠1,142 sq mi (7003295800000000000♠2,958 km2)
Rogers County	131	Claremore	1907	Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory[67]	Clem V. Rogers, a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and the father of entertainer Will Rogers	128.75	7004869050000000000♠86,905	7002675000000000000♠675 sq mi (7003174800000000000♠1,748 km2)
Seminole County	133	Wewoka	1907	Seminole Nation[68]	The Seminole Native American people	40.32	7004254820000000000♠25,482	7002632000000000000♠632 sq mi (7003163700000000000♠1,637 km2)
Sequoyah County	135	Sallisaw	1907	Sequoyah District and part of Illinois District, Cherokee Nation	Sequoyah (George Guess), invented the Cherokee syllabary[69]	62.89	7004423910000000000♠42,391	7002674000000000000♠674 sq mi (7003174600000000000♠1,746 km2)
Stephens County	137	Duncan	1907	Comanche County, Oklahoma Territory	John Hall Stephens, a Texas congressman and advocate of Oklahoma statehood	51.37	7004450480000000000♠45,048	7002877000000000000♠877 sq mi (7003227100000000000♠2,271 km2)
Texas County	139	Guymon	1907	Seventh County (entire panhandle until 1907)[12]	The neighboring U.S. state of Texas	10.13	7004206400000000000♠20,640	7003203700000000000♠2,037 sq mi (7003527600000000000♠5,276 km2)
Tillman County	141	Frederick	1907	Comanche County, Oklahoma[70]	U.S. Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina	9.17	7003799200000000000♠7,992	7002872000000000000♠872 sq mi (7003225800000000000♠2,258 km2)
Tulsa County	143	Tulsa	1907	Cherokee Nation and Creek Nation land.	Derived from Tulsey Town, Alabama, an old Creek settlement.	1,058.6	7005603403000000000♠603,403	7002570000000000000♠570 sq mi (7003147600000000000♠1,476 km2)
Wagoner County	145	Wagoner	1907	Cherokee Nation land[71]	Bailey P. Waggoner, attorney of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, which established the town of Wagoner[7]	129.81	7004730850000000000♠73,085	7002563000000000000♠563 sq mi (7003145800000000000♠1,458 km2)
Washington County	147	Bartlesville	1907	Cooweescoowee District of Cherokee Nation.[72]	First President of the United States George Washington	122.24	7004509760000000000♠50,976	7002417000000000000♠417 sq mi (7003108000000000000♠1,080 km2)
Washita County	149	Cordell	1897	County H in Oklahoma Territory[73]	The Washita River	11.58	7004116290000000000♠11,629	7003100400000000000♠1,004 sq mi (7003260000000000000♠2,600 km2)
Woods County	151	Alva	1893	County M in Oklahoma Territory.[74]	Kansas populist and territorial legislator Samuel Newitt Wood	6.9	7003887800000000000♠8,878	7003128700000000000♠1,287 sq mi (7003333300000000000♠3,333 km2)
Woodward County	153	Woodward	1893	County N in Oklahoma Territory[75]	Santa Fe Railroad director B. W. Woodward	16.17	7004200810000000000♠20,081	7003124200000000000♠1,242 sq mi (7003321700000000000♠3,217 km2)

See also[edit]

• Oklahoma


• County (United States)


• Lists of U.S. county name etymologies

References[edit]