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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.
County A in Oklahoma Territory: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States: 36.04 34,562: 959 sq mi (2,484 km 2) Logan County: 083: Guthrie: 1891: County 1 in Oklahoma Territory: John A. Logan, American Civil War general: 71.18 53,029: 745 sq mi (1,930 km 2) Love County: 085: Marietta: 1907: Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation ...
Each of the 77 counties in Oklahoma was required to have three county commissioners, resulting in a statewide total of 231 county commissioners at any given time.Although according to law, they were supposed to work together as one body, in practice they operated individually, with each focusing on their local roads district instead of countywide needs. [3]
The town of Boley prospered from the time of its incorporation until the onset of the Great Depression. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Boley became the largest and best-known of all the All-Black Towns. [3] African-Americans migrated from other states to escape the Jim Crow Laws that promoted discrimination ...
Tulsa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census , the population was 669,279, [ 1 ] making it the second-most populous county in the state, behind only Oklahoma County .
The county is the second-largest producer of winter wheat in Oklahoma. The USDA estimated the county's winter wheat production at 5,957,000 bushels for 2015. [11] The USDA also listed the county as the state's seventh-largest producer of sorghum in 2015, at 702,000 bushels. [12] Alfalfa County remains a major producer of petroleum and natural ...
Stringtown is a town in Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 419 as of the 2020 Census, [4] which was a 2.2% increase over the population of 410 reported at the 2010 census, [5] which itself was an increase of 3.5% from the figure of 396 recorded in 2000. It is the second largest town in Atoka County.
Britton is a former town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, annexed by Oklahoma City in 1950. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. [1]Britton, founded in 1889, bears the name of Washington D.C. railroad attorney, Alexander Britton, who worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.