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Berry, Shelley, Small Towns, Ghost Memories of Oklahoma: A Photographic Narrative of Hamlets and Villages Throughout Oklahoma's Seventy-seven Counties (Virginia Beach, Va.: Donning Company Publishers, 2004). Blake Gumprecht, "A Saloon On Every Corner: Whiskey Towns of Oklahoma Territory, 1889-1907," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 74 (Summer 1996).
Call the Oklahoma Center for Poison & Drug Information at 800-222-1222. In case of chest pain, difficulty breathing, face swelling or the loss of consciousness after a snakebite, call 911 immediately.
Leptotyphlops dulcis—blind snake; Liodytes rigida — glossy water snake; Masticophis flagellum—coachwhip snake; Nerodia erythrogaster—plain-bellied water snake; N. fasciata—banded water snake; N. rhombifera—diamond-back water snake [1] N. sipedon—northern and midland water snake; Opheodrys aestivus—keeled green or rough green snake
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 ...
As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,527. [1] Its county seat is Walters. [2] When Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907, the area which is now Cotton County fell within the boundaries of Comanche County. [3] It was split off in 1912, becoming the last county created in Oklahoma; it was named for the county's primary crop. [4]
Cimarron County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Its county seat is Boise City. [1] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,296, [2] making it the least-populous county in Oklahoma; and indeed, throughout most of its history, it has had both the smallest population and the lowest population density of any county in Oklahoma. [3]
Nowata (Lenape: Nuwatu, Nuwi ta [4]) is a city and county seat of Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. [5] The population was 3,731 at the 2010 United States census, a 6.0 percent decline from the figure of 3,971 recorded in 2000. [6] The area where it was established was then part of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory.
Map of Indian Territory from 1889 Encyclopædia Britannica 9th edition. For millennia, the land now known as Oklahoma was inhabited by Native Americans.The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture states that archaeological evidence indicates that humans first lived in this area in the Verdigris River valley over six thousand years ago. [3]