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Pawnee County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 19, 2010
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Formed from: portions of the Cherokee Outlet, 1893.
Established: xx-xxx-xxxx |
County Seat: Pawnee, Oklahoma
County history
- Pawnee County is named for the Pawnee tribal name, corrupted from "Pariki" meaning horn and refers to the tribal custom of dressing the scalp locks to resemble a buffalo horn.
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Pawnee Courthouse
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Payne County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Mar 28, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Native American [Indian] lands.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Stillwater, Oklahoma
County history
- Payne County is named in honor of Captain David Lewis Payne (December 30, 1836 November 28, 1884) aka the Father of Oklahoma, the leader of the "Boomers" who led several groups of settlers into the area of Indian Territory, now the site of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Payne served in the 10th Kansas Infantry Regiment during the war. A memorial has been erected over his burial site in Stillwater's Boomer Lake Park. The site is marked by the original gravestone erected by the James Shield Post #57 of the Grand Army of the Republic of Wellington, Kansas where he was originally buried.
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Payne Courthouse
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Pittsburg County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 19, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Native American (Choctaw) lands [an original county].
Established: 16-Jul-1907 |
County Seat: McAlester, Oklahoma
County history
- Pittsburg County is named for the city of Pittsburgh, PA, the final "h" having been dropped. Pittsburgh, PA was the city of origin of the first settler.
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Pittsburg Courthouse
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Pontotoc County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Mar 29, 2010
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Formed from: portions of the old Chickasaw Nation.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Ada, Oklahoma
County history
- Pontotoc County is named in honor of Chief Pontotoc, of the Chickasaw Indian Nation, and meant "Cattails growing on the prairie". The name is also thought to be named for Pontotoc Creek in the old Chickasaw country in Mississippi.
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Pontotoc Courthouse
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Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Jun 22, 2009
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Formed from: portions of former Shawnee, Kickapoo, and Pottawatomie Lands administered by the
Sac & Fox Agency in 1891.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Shawnee, Oklahoma
County history
- The land was opened to white settlement in the land run of 1891 and was designated as County B. The County name was changed by vote in 1892 to honor of Potawatomi Indians and means "people of the place of fire."
Tecumseh, originally the County Seat, lost to the fast growing community of Shawnee. Incidentally, Shawnee was also in competition for the State Capitol. City leaders even went so far as to build a governor's house
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Pottawatomie Courthouse
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Pushmataha County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 20, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Choctaw Indian Nation lands.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Antlers, Oklahoma
County history
- Pushmataha County is named The Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Indian Nation.
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Pushmataha Courthouse
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Roger Mills County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 20, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Lands, 1892.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Cheyenne, Oklahoma
County history
- Roger Mills County is named in honor of Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832 September 2, 1911), an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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Roger Mills Courthouse
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Rogers County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 21, 2010
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Formed from: portions of lands of the Cherokee Nation.
Established: 26-Jan-1907 |
County Seat: Claremore, Oklahoma
County history
- Rogers County is named in honor of Clement Vann Rogers. It might have been Cooweescoowee County instead. Some said the name was too long and no one could pronounce it, so the county should be named John Ross County after the Cherokee Chief whose Indian name was Cooweescoowee. Citizens of the area began circulating a petition asking that the county be named for "Uncle Clem" because of his long-time contributions to local and tribal affairs.
According to the Inola Register, Jan. 25, 1907, Clem Rogers "did himself proud" in accepting the honor conferred upon him by the naming of the county in his honor, Clem Rogers is the father of the well renowned Will Rogers and a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
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Rogers Courthouse
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Seminole County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 21, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Indian Territory allocated to the Seminole Indian Nation.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
- Seminole County - American History & Genealogy Project
- Seminole County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Seminole County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
Seminole Historical Society 
1800 West Wrangler Boulevard
Seminole, OK 74868-2037
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- Seminole County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Seminole County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Seminole County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Seminole County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Seminole County Vital Records - Seminole County Clerk, Courthouse, Wewoka, OK 74884.
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Sequoyah County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Jul 11, 2009
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Formed from: portions of Sequoyah District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.
Established: 17-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Sallisaw, Oklahoma
County history
- Sequoyah County is named in honor of Sequoyah, creator of the Cherokee syllabary..
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Sequoyah Courthouse
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- Sequoyah County - American History & Genealogy Project
- Sequoyah County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Sequoyah County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found)
Sequoyah Genealogical Society
101 East Cherokee
Sallisaw, OK 74955
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Sequoyah County Historical Society
P.O. Box 305
Sallisaw, OK 74955
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- Sequoyah County - USGenWeb/OKGenWeb site: (Archives) (None found)
- Sequoyah County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Sequoyah County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Sequoyah County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Sequoyah County Vital Records - Sequoyah County Clerk, 120 East Chickasaw Street, Sallisaw, OK 74955-4655.
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Stephens County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 21, 2010
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Formed from: portions of territorial Comanche County and Territory allocated to the former Chickasaw Nation.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Duncan, Oklahoma
County history
- Stephens County is named in honor of John Hall Stephens (November 22, 1847 - November 18, 1924), Congressman from Texas who took great interest in Indian Territory legislation just prior to statehood and advocate of Oklahoma statehood.
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Stephens Courthouse
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Texas County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 26, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Oklahoma Territory lands.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Guymon, Oklahoma
County history
- Texas County is named in honor of the neighboring U.S. State of Texas.
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Texas Courthouse
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- Texas County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Texas County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Texas County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Texas County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Texas County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Texas County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Texas County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Texas County Vital Records - Texas County Clerk, P.O. Box 197, Guymon, OK 73942-0197.
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Tillman County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 26, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Oklahoma Territory lands.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Frederick, Oklahoma
County history
- Tillman County is named in honor of Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 July 3, 1918) was an American politician who served as the 84th Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death in office. Combative, vitriolic, and openly racist, Tillman's views were a matter of national controversy.
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Tillman Courthouse
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- Tillman County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Tillman County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Tillman County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Tillman County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Tillman County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Tillman County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Tillman County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Tillman County Vital Records - Tillman County Clerk, P.O. Box 992, Frederick, OK 73542.
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society / Lawton, OK)
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Tulsa County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Feb 24, 2011
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Formed from: portions of Native American [Indian] lands.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Tulsa, Oklahoma
County history
- Tulsa County is named in honor of the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, which in turn derives from Tulsey Town, Alabama, an old Creek [Native American] settlement.
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Tulsa Courthouse
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GHLL Tulsa County Package:
- American History & Genealogy Project - Tulsa County AHGP
- Cemetery Listings - may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Cities/Towns/Townships - compiled by Wikipedia
- Genealogy Forum - Tulsa County, OK Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Broken Arrow Genealogical Society / Broken Arrow, OKK)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Tulsa County Genealogical Society & Library / Tulsa, OK)
- US/OKGenWeb site - Tulsa County Archives
- US/OKGenWeb - Tulsa County Genealogy & History
- Vital Records - Tulsa County Clerk, 500 South Denver, Tulsa, OK 74103-3826.
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
Adjacent counties (GHLL listings):
Washington County (north), Rogers County (northeast), Wagoner County
(southeast), Okmulgee County (south), Creek County (west), Pawnee
County and Osage County (northwest), Muskogee County (southeast).
1932 Yearbook - The Tom Tom, Tulsa Central High School, Tulsa.
Tulsa (city) - Growing Up With Tulsa: An online book by Opal Kern Schad
Tulsa County - Township maps, history, libraries, etc.
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Wagoner County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 26, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Oklahoma Territory.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Wagoner, Oklahoma
County history
- Wagoner County is thought to be named for Wagoner, Oklahoma, which in turn, was possibly named for Bailey P. Waggoner, attorney of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, the line of which led to the town's establishment.
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Wagoner Courthouse
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- Wagoner County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Wagoner County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Wagoner County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Wagoner County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Wagoner County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Wagoner County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Wagoner County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Wagoner County Vital Records - Wagoner County Clerk, 307 East Cherokee, Wagoner, OK 74467-4729.
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Washington County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 26, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Oklahoma Territory.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Bartlesville, Oklahoma
County history
- Washington County is named in honor of George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783. Because of his significant role in the revolution and in the formation of the United States, he is often revered by Americans as the "Father of Our Country".
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Washington Courthouse
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- Washington County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Washington County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Washington County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Washington County - Genealogical/Historical Society (Washington Co. Historical Society & Museum/ Dewey, OK)
- Washington County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Washington County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Washington County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Washington County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Washington County Vital Records - Washington County Clerk, 420 South Johnstone, Bartlesville, OK 74003-6605.
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Washita County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Mar 10, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Nation Lands in 1892 and designated as County "H" before statehood.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Cordell, Oklahoma
County history
- Washita County is named The Washita River, a river in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Washita Courthouse
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- Washita County - American History & Genealogy Project
- Washita County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Washita County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
Washita County Historical Society
105 East First, P.O. Box 440
Cordell, OK 73632
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- Washita County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Washita County - US/OKGenWeb site (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Washita County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Washita County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Washita County Vital Records - Washita County Clerk, P.O. Box 380, Cordell, OK 7363.
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Woods County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: May 26, 2010
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Formed from: portions of Oklahoma Territory lands.
Established: xx-xxx-1893 |
County Seat: Alva, Oklahoma
County history
- Woods County is named in honor of Kansas populist leader, Sam Wood.
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Woods Courthouse
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- Woods County - American History & Genealogy Project (None found online at the time of this update.)
- Woods County - Cities/Towns/Townships: From Wikipedia
- Woods County - Genealogical/Historical Society (None found online at the time of this update.)
Woods County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 234
Alva, OK 73717
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- Woods County - US/OKGenWeb site: (Archives)
- Woods County - US/OKGenWeb site: Genealogy & History
- Woods County - Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
- Woods County Cemeteries - Listings (county & cemetery); may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Woods County Vital Records - Woods County Clerk, P.O. Box 386, Alva, OK 73717.
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Woodward County, Oklahoma —
Information Updated: Nov 29, 2011
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Formed from: portions of Native American [Indian] lands.
Established: 16-Nov-1907 |
County Seat: Woodward, Oklahoma
County history
- Woodward County is named for a Santa Fe Railway Company station named in honor of one of the company's directors, B.W. Woodward.
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Woodward Courthouse
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GHLL Woodward County Package:
- American History & Genealogy Project - Woodward County AHGP
- Cemetery Listings - may include photos, records, name lists, etc..
- Cities/Towns/Townships - compiled by Wikipedia
- Genealogy Forum - Woodward County, OK Genealogy Forum (Genealogy.com)
- Society/Museum/Assn - (Northwest Oklahoma Genealogy Society / Woodward, OK)
- US/OKGenWeb site - Woodward County Archives
- US/OKGenWeb - Woodward County Genealogy & History
- Woodward County Vital Records - Woodward County Clerk, 1600 Main Street Suite 8, Woodward, OK 73801-3046.
Additional Local History/Genealogy:
Adjacent counties (GHLL listings):
Woods County (northeast), Major County (east), Dewey County (south),
Ellis County (west), Harper County (northwest).
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