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The state of Oklahoma historically had civil townships.On August 5, 1913, voters passed the Oklahoma Township Amendment, also known as State Question 58. [1] This allowed the creation or abolishment of townships on a county by county basis; by the mid-1930s, all Oklahoma counties had voted to abolish them. [2]
In Oklahoma, streamwater is defined to include “water in ponds, lakes, reservoirs, and playa lakes” [2] (or dry lakes). Streamwater is considered to be publicly owned; the Oklahoma Water Resources board is responsible for appropriation for all areas of the State of Oklahoma except the Grand River basin, where the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) has responsibility for allocation on a use ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 485 square miles (1,260 km 2), of which 471 square miles (1,220 km 2) is land and 14 square miles (36 km 2) (2.8%) is water. [4] It is the fourth-smallest county in Oklahoma by area. The eastern part of the county lies in the Ozark Plains, while the western is in the Neosho ...
Waurika Lake is a reservoir in southwestern Oklahoma, near Waurika. It is primarily in Jefferson County, but small parts of it are in Stephens County and Cotton County, Oklahoma. [1] Its primary purposes are to provide flood control, irrigation, water supply, water quality, fish and wildlife, recreation, and other conservation needs of the public.
Road map of Washita County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,009 square miles (2,610 km 2), of which 1,006 square miles (2,610 km 2) is land and 5.6 square miles (15 km 2) (0.6%) is water. [8] The county lies in the Western Redbeds Plains sub-region of the Osage Plains.
Oklahoma, 591 U.S. ___ (2020), was a landmark[1][2] United States Supreme Court case which ruled that, as pertaining to the Major Crimes Act, much of the eastern portion of the state of Oklahoma remains as Native American lands of the prior Indian reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes, never disestablished by Congress as part of the ...
1880: Wiarton becomes an incorporated village with a population of 752. 1882: The railway reaches the village; this will soon make Wiarton into "the commercial entrepot for the peninsula". 1891: The old public school building is expanded and made into a high school. 1893: Wiarton is incorporated into a town, effective 1 January 1894.
Map of McClain County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 580 square miles (1,500 km 2), of which 571 square miles (1,480 km 2) is land and 9.6 square miles (25 km 2) (1.6%) is water. [4] The county lies largely in the Red Bed Plains region of the Osage Plains.