Pioneer Genealogical Society - Ponca City, Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA COUNTY'S ESTABLISHED
County |
Named for |
County Seat |
Established |
| Adair | Important Cherokee family | Stilwell | 1907 |
| Alfalfa | William H "Alfalfa Bill" Murray | Cherokee | 1907 |
| Atoka | Captain Atoka-Choctaw ball player | Atoka | 1907 |
| Beaver | Beaver River | Beavver | 1890 |
| Beckham | Governor J Beckham of Kentucky | Sayre | 1907 |
| Blaine | James G Blaine-US Secretary of State | Watonga | 1892 |
| Bryan | William Jennings Bryan-US Secretary of State | Durant | 1907 |
| Caddo | Caddo Indian Tribe means "Chief" | Anadarko | 1901 |
| Canadian | South Canadian Rriver | El Reno | 1889 |
| Carter | Important family in area | Ardmore | 1907 |
| Cherokee | Cherokee Nation | Tahlequah | 1907 |
| Choctaw | Choctaw Nation | Hugo | 1907 |
| Cimarron | Cimarron River | boise City | 1907 |
| Cleveland | President Grover Cleveland | Norman | 1889 |
| Coal | County's important mineral | Coalgate | 1907 |
| Comanche | Comanche Indians | Lawton | 1901 |
| Cotton | County's chief crop | Walters | 1912 |
| Craig | Granville Craig-Cherokee | Vinita | 1907 |
| Creek | Creek Nation | Sapulpa | 1907 |
| Custer | General George A Custer | Arapaho | 1890 |
| Delaware | Delaware Indians | Jay | 1907 |
| Dewey | Admiral George Dewey | Taloga | 1892 |
| Ellis | Albert H Ellis-VP Constitutional Convention | Arnett | 1907 |
| Garfield | President James A Garfield | Enid | 1893 |
| Garvin | Samuel J Garvin-Chickasaw | Pauls Valley | 1907 |
| Grady | Henry W Grady-Editor Atlanta, Georgia newspaper | Chickasha | 1907 |
| Grant | President U S Grant | Medford | 1893 |
| Greer | John a Greer-Lt Govenor of Texas | Mangum | 1890 |
| Harmon | Judson C Harmon-US Secretary of State | Hollis | 1909 |
| Harper | Oscar G Harper-Clerk Constitutional Convention | Buffalo | 1907 |
| Haskell | Charles N Haskell-1st Govenor of Oklahoma | Stigler | 1908 |
| Hughes | W C Hughes-member Constitutional Convention | Holdenville | 1907 |
| Jackson | President Andrew Jackson & General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | Altus | 1907 |
| Jefferson | President Thomas Jefferson | Waurika | 1907 |
| Johnston | Douglas H Johnston-Governor Chickasaw Nation | Tishomingo | 1907 |
| Kay | "K" county-Only county to keep territorial name | Newkirk | 1895 |
| Kingfisher | King Fisher-early settler | Kingfisher | 1890 |
| Kiowa | Kiowa Indians | Hobart | 1901 |
| Latimer | James S Latimer | Wilburton | 1902 |
| LeFlore | Important Choctaw family | Poteau | 1907 |
| Lincoln | President Abraham Lincoln | Chandler | 1891 |
| Logan | Senator John A Logan of Illinois | guthrie | 1890 |
| Love | Important Chickasaw family | Marietta | 1907 |
| McClain | Charles M McClain-member Constitutional Convention | Purcell | 1907 |
| McCurtain | Important Choctaw family | Idabel | 1907 |
| McIntosh | Important Creek Family | Eufala | 1907 |
| Major | John C Major-member Constitutional Convention | Fairview | 1907 |
| Marshall | Mother of George A Henshaw-member of Constitutional Convention | Madill | 1907 |
| Mayes | Samuel H Mayes-Cherokee Chief | Pryor | 1907 |
| Murray | William H "Alfalfa Bill" Murray | Sulphur | 1907 |
| Muskogee | Muscogee or Creek Nation | Muskogee | 1898 |
| Noble | John W Noble-US Seccretary of the Interior | Perry | 1893 |
| Nowata | Delaware word "Welcome" | Nowata | 1907 |
| Okfuskee | Creek town in Alabama | Okemah | 1907 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Territory | Oklahoma City | 1890 |
| Okmulgee | Creek word "bailing water" | Okmulgee | 1907 |
| Osage | Osage Indians | Pawhuska | 1907 |
| Ottawa | Ottawa Indians | Miami | 1907 |
| Pawnee | Pawnee Indians | Pawnee | 1893 |
| Payne | David L Payne-Boomer leader | Stillwater | 1890 |
| Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | McAlester | 1907 |
| Pontotoc | Chickasaw word "cattails growing on the prairie" | Ada | 1907 |
| Pottawatomie | Pottawatomi Indians | Shawnee | 1891 |
| Pushmataha | Choctaw Chief | Antlers | 1907 |
| Roger Mills | Roger Q Mills-US Congressman | cheyenne | 1892 |
| Rogers | Clem V Rogers-member Constitutional Convention | Claremore | 1907 |
| Seminole | Seminole Nation | Wewoka | 1907 |
| Sequoyah | Cherokee who invented Cherokee Syllabary | Sallisaw | 1907 |
| Stephens | John H Stephens-Texas Congressman | Duncan | 1907 |
| Texas | State of Texas | Guymon | 1907 |
| Tillman | Senator Benjamin W Tillman of South Carolina | Frederick | 1907 |
| Tulsa | City of Tulsa | Tulsa | 1905 |
| Wagoner | Railroad dispatcher | Wagoner | 1908 |
| Washington | George Washington | Bartlesvville | 1897 |
| Washita | Washita River | Cordell | 1900 |
| Woods | Sam Wood-Kansas politician | Alva | 1893 |
| Woodward | County seat | Woodward | 1893 |