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Oklahoma County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 796,292, [1] making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, [2] the state capital and largest city. Oklahoma County is at the heart of the Oklahoma City metropolitan statistical area.
The existence of section lines made property descriptions far more straightforward than the old metes and bounds system. The establishment of standard east-west and north-south lines ("township" and "range lines") meant that deeds could be written without regard to temporary terrain features such as trees, piles of rocks, fences, and the like, and be worded in the style such as "Lying and ...
Oklahoma County: 109: Oklahoma City: 1891: Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory, the County 2 in Oklahoma Territory [59] From two Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning people and red: 1,140.85 808,866: 709 sq mi (1,836 km 2) Okmulgee County: 111: Okmulgee: 1907: Creek Nation land: Creek word meaning boiling water: 53.13 37,035: 697 sq mi (1,805 ...
English: This is a locator map showing Oklahoma County in Oklahoma. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
After a series of court cases, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sapulpa on August 1, 1913. [3] After oil was discovered at Glenn Pool in adjacent Tulsa County in 1905, other strikes occurred in Creek County. The Cushing-Drumright Oil Field opened in 1912, creating boom towns Drumright, Kiefer and Oilton. By 1920, the county ...
With 39,000 acres (160 km 2), the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in north-central Oklahoma is the largest protected area of tallgrass prairie in the world and is part of an ecosystem that encompasses only 10 percent of its former land area, once covering 14 states. [14]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:58, 4 June 2006: 973 × 469 (50 KB): Scott5114 {{Information |Description=A map of Oklahoma showing county divisions.
English: This is a locator map showing Major County in Oklahoma. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source: