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Contents. List of counties in Oklahoma. The U.S. state of Oklahoma has 77 counties. It 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 ...
Pontotoc County is a county in the south central part of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,065. [1] Its county seat is Ada. [2] The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi.
Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. [ 4 ] The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was incorporated in 1901. [ 5 ] Ada is home to East Central University, and is the capital of the Chickasaw Nation.
Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,495. [1] Its county seat is Stilwell. [2] Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe. [3] One source says that the county was specifically named for Watt Adair, one of the first Cherokees to settle in the area. [4]
The Geography of Oklahoma encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from arid plains to subtropical forests and mountains. Oklahoma contains 10 distinct ecological regions, more per square mile than in any other state by a wide margin. [1] It is situated in the Great Plains and U.S. Interior Highlands region near the geographical center of the ...
Atoka County is in southeastern Oklahoma, in a 10-county area designated for tourism purposes by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation as Choctaw Country. [4] According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 990 square miles (2,600 km 2 ), of which 976 square miles (2,530 km 2 ) is land and 14 square miles (36 km ...
Okmulgee County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,706. [1] The county seat is Okmulgee. [2] Located within the Muscogee Nation Reservation, the county was created at statehood in 1907. The name Okmulgee is derived from the Hitchita (Lower Creek) word okimulgi, meaning "boiling waters".
Grant County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census , the population was 4,169. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Medford . [ 2 ]