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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 ...
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:
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.
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 ...
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.
The Indian meridian, in longitude 97° 14′ 30″ west from Greenwich, extends from Red River to the south boundary of Kansas, and, with the base line in latitude 34° 30′ north, governs the surveys in Oklahoma east of 100° west longitude from Greenwich (all of Oklahoma except the Oklahoma panhandle).
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:
Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes above 10 acres (0.040 km 2) in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County is 272 acres (1.10 km 2). The prolonged drought that started in 1930 and created the condition called the "Dust Bowl", led to the construction of a great many reservoirs throughout the state.