Alphabetical List
| County |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Established |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
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| Adair County | 001 | Stilwell | 1907 | Cherokee lands | William Penn Adair, Cherokee tribal leader and Confederate colonel in the American Civil War | 700422683000000000022,683 | 7002576000000000000576 sq mi (70031492000000000001,492 km2) |
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| Alfalfa County | 003 | Cherokee | 1907 | Woods County | William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (1869-1956), ninth Governor of Oklahoma | 70035642000000000005,642 | 7002867000000000000867 sq mi (70032246000000000002,246 km2) |
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| Atoka County | 005 | Atoka | 1907 | Choctaw lands | Captain Atoka, a noted Choctaw leader and signer of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | 700414182000000000014,182 | 7002978000000000000978 sq mi (70032533000000000002,533 km2) |
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| Beaver County | 007 | Beaver | 1890 | Seventh County (entire panhandle until 1907) | The Beaver River | 70035636000000000005,636 | 70031814000000000001,814 sq mi (70034698000000000004,698 km2) |
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| Beckham County | 009 | Sayre | 1907 | Greer County and Roger Mills County | J. C. W. Beckham (1869-1940), Governor of Kentucky | 700422119000000000022,119 | 7002902000000000000902 sq mi (70032336000000000002,336 km2) |
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| Blaine County | 011 | Watonga | 1890 | Part of Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation. | James G. Blaine (1830-1893), former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State | 700411943000000000011,943 | 7002929000000000000929 sq mi (70032406000000000002,406 km2) |
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| Bryan County | 013 | Durant | 1907 | Choctaw lands | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), former Secretary of State, famous orator and three-time U.S. Presidential candidate | 700442416000000000042,416 | 7002909000000000000909 sq mi (70032354000000000002,354 km2) |
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| Caddo County | 015 | Anadarko | 1901 | Indian Territory | From Indian word "Kaddi" meaning life or chief | 700429600000000000029,600 | 70031278000000000001,278 sq mi (70033310000000000003,310 km2) |
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| Canadian County | 017 | El Reno | 1901 | Part of Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation | The Canadian River. | 7005115541000000000115,541 | 7002900000000000000900 sq mi (70032331000000000002,331 km2) |
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| Carter County | 019 | Ardmore | 1907 | Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation | A prominent family of early settlers | 700447557000000000047,557 | 7002824000000000000824 sq mi (70032134000000000002,134 km2) |
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| Cherokee County | 021 | Tahlequah | 1907 | Originally settled by Cherokee Indians following the Trail of Tears | Cherokee Nation of Indians | 700446987000000000046,987 | 7002751000000000000751 sq mi (70031945000000000001,945 km2) |
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| Choctaw County | 023 | Hugo | 1907 | . | Choctaw Nation of Indians | 700415205000000000015,205 | 7002774000000000000774 sq mi (70032005000000000002,005 km2) |
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| Cimarron County | 025 | Boise City | 1907 | Seventh County (entire panhandle until 1907) | Cimarron River | 70032475000000000002,475 | 70031835000000000001,835 sq mi (70034753000000000004,753 km2) |
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| Cleveland County | 027 | Norman | 1890 | . | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), two-time President of the United States | 7005255755000000000255,755 | 7002536000000000000536 sq mi (70031388000000000001,388 km2) |
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| Coal County | 029 | Coalgate | 1907 | Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation | Coal, the primary economic product of the region at the time | 70035925000000000005,925 | 7002518000000000000518 sq mi (70031342000000000001,342 km2) |
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| Comanche County | 031 | Lawton | 1907 | Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache reservation | Spanish "Camino Ancho", meaning broad trail | 7005124098000000000124,098 | 70031069000000000001,069 sq mi (70032769000000000002,769 km2) |
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| Cotton County | 033 | Walters | 1912 | Lands of Quapaws, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Comanche Reservation, and Big Pasture | The principal economic base of the county, cotton | 70036193000000000006,193 | 7002637000000000000637 sq mi (70031650000000000001,650 km2) |
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| Craig County | 035 | Vinita | 1907 | Cherokee Nation | Granville Craig, a prominent Cherokee planter | 700415029000000000015,029 | 7002761000000000000761 sq mi (70031971000000000001,971 km2) |
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| Creek County | 037 | Sapulpa | 1907 | . | Creek Nation of Indians | 700469967000000000069,967 | 7002956000000000000956 sq mi (70032476000000000002,476 km2) |
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| Custer County | 039 | Arapaho | 1891 | Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation | George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), a United States Army cavalry commander during the Indian Wars | 700427469000000000027,469 | 7002987000000000000987 sq mi (70032556000000000002,556 km2) |
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| Delaware County | 041 | Jay | 1907 | . | Delaware Nation of Indians | 700441487000000000041,487 | 7002741000000000000741 sq mi (70031919000000000001,919 km2) |
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| Dewey County | 043 | Taloga | 1892 | Cheyenne-Arapaho Reservation | Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), hero of the Spanish-American War | 70034810000000000004,810 | 70031000000000000001,000 sq mi (70032590000000000002,590 km2) |
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| Ellis County | 045 | Arnett | 1907 | Roger Mills and Woodward counties | Albert H. Ellis, vice president of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention (name could also be Abraham H. Ellis) | 70034151000000000004,151 | 70031229000000000001,229 sq mi (70033183000000000003,183 km2) |
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| Garfield County | 047 | Enid | 1893 | Cherokee Outlet | James Garfield (1831-1881), President of the United States | 700460580000000000060,580 | 70031058000000000001,058 sq mi (70032740000000000002,740 km2) |
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| Garvin County | 049 | Pauls Valley | 1907 | Chickasaw Nation | Samuel Garvin, a prominent Chickasaw Indian and local merchant | 700427576000000000027,576 | 7002809000000000000809 sq mi (70032095000000000002,095 km2) |
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| Grady County | 051 | Chickasha | 1907 | . | Henry W. Grady (1851-1889), editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper | 700452431000000000052,431 | 70031101000000000001,101 sq mi (70032852000000000002,852 km2) |
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| Grant County | 053 | Medford | 1892 | Originally "L" county | Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), President of the United States | 70034527000000000004,527 | 70031001000000000001,001 sq mi (70032593000000000002,593 km2) |
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| Greer County | 055 | Mangum | 1896 | Greer County, Texas | John Alexander Greer, Lieutenant Governor of Texas | 70036239000000000006,239 | 7002639000000000000639 sq mi (70031655000000000001,655 km2) |
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| Harmon County | 057 | Hollis | 1909 | Greer County | Judson Harmon (1846-1927), U.S. Attorney General and Governor of Ohio | 70032922000000000002,922 | 7002538000000000000538 sq mi (70031393000000000001,393 km2) |
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| Harper County | 059 | Buffalo | 1893 | . | Oscar G. Harper, clerk of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention | 70033685000000000003,685 | 70031039000000000001,039 sq mi (70032691000000000002,691 km2) |
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| Haskell County | 061 | Stigler | 1907 | . | Charles N. Haskell (1860-1933), first Governor of Oklahoma | 700412769000000000012,769 | 7002577000000000000577 sq mi (70031494000000000001,494 km2) |
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| Hughes County | 063 | Holdenville | 1907 | . | William C. Hughes, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention | 700414003000000000014,003 | 7002807000000000000807 sq mi (70032090000000000002,090 km2) |
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| Jackson County | 065 | Altus | 1907 | Greer County | Either Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863), Confederate general during the American Civil War or Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States | 700426446000000000026,446 | 7002803000000000000803 sq mi (70032080000000000002,080 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 067 | Waurika | 1907 | Comanche County and part of Chickasaw Nation | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third President of the United States | 70036472000000000006,472 | 7002759000000000000759 sq mi (70031966000000000001,966 km2) |
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| Johnston County | 069 | Tishomingo | 1907 | . | Douglas H. Johnston, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation | 700410957000000000010,957 | 7002645000000000000645 sq mi (70031671000000000001,671 km2) |
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| Kay County | 071 | Newkirk | 1895 | Cherokee Strip | Originally designated as county "K" | 700446562000000000046,562 | 7002919000000000000919 sq mi (70032380000000000002,380 km2) |
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| Kingfisher County | 073 | Kingfisher | 1907 | Unassigned Lands | Either for the kingfisher bird or King David Fisher, an early settler in the area | 700415034000000000015,034 | 7002903000000000000903 sq mi (70032339000000000002,339 km2) |
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| Kiowa County | 075 | Hobart | 1901 | Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Indian Reservations | Kiowa Nation of Indians | 70039446000000000009,446 | 70031015000000000001,015 sq mi (70032629000000000002,629 km2) |
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| Latimer County | 077 | Wilburton | 1907 | . | James S. Latimer, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention | 700411154000000000011,154 | 7002722000000000000722 sq mi (70031870000000000001,870 km2) |
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| Le Flore County | 079 | Poteau | 1907 | Choctaw Nation | A Choctaw Indian family of French descent | 700450384000000000050,384 | 70031586000000000001,586 sq mi (70034108000000000004,108 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 081 | Chandler | 1891 | . | Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States | 700434273000000000034,273 | 7002959000000000000959 sq mi (70032484000000000002,484 km2) |
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| Logan County | 083 | Guthrie | 1891 | . | John Alexander Logan, the American Civil War general | 700441848000000000041,848 | 7002745000000000000745 sq mi (70031930000000000001,930 km2) |
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| Love County | 085 | Marietta | 1907 | . | Overton Love, a Chickasaw judge and prominent landowner | 70039423000000000009,423 | 7002515000000000000515 sq mi (70031334000000000001,334 km2) |
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| Major County | 093 | Fairview | 1909 | . | John C. Major, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention | 70037527000000000007,527 | 7002957000000000000957 sq mi (70032479000000000002,479 km2) |
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| Marshall County | 095 | Madill | 1907 | . | The maiden name of a member of the Constitutional Convention's mother | 700415840000000000015,840 | 7002371000000000000371 sq mi (7002961000000000000961 km2) |
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| Mayes County | 097 | Pryor | 1907 | . | Cherokee leader Samuel Houston Mayes | 700441259000000000041,259 | 7002656000000000000656 sq mi (70031699000000000001,699 km2) |
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| McClain County | 087 | Purcell | 1907 | . | Charles M. McClain, member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention | 700434506000000000034,506 | 7002570000000000000570 sq mi (70031476000000000001,476 km2) |
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| McCurtain County | 089 | Idabel | 1907 | . | The McCurtain family, a prominent Choctaw landowning group | 700433151000000000033,151 | 70031852000000000001,852 sq mi (70034797000000000004,797 km2) |
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| McIntosh County | 091 | Eufaula | 1907 | . | The McIntosh family, a prominent Creek landowning group | 700420252000000000020,252 | 7002620000000000000620 sq mi (70031606000000000001,606 km2) |
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| Murray County | 099 | Sulphur | 1907 | . | Governor of Oklahoma William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray | 700413488000000000013,488 | 7002418000000000000418 sq mi (70031083000000000001,083 km2) |
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| Muskogee County | 101 | Muskogee | 1907 | . | Muskogee Nation of Indians | 700470990000000000070,990 | 7002814000000000000814 sq mi (70032108000000000002,108 km2) |
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| Noble County | 103 | Perry | 1897 | . | U.S. Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble | 700411561000000000011,561 | 7002732000000000000732 sq mi (70031896000000000001,896 km2) |
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| Nowata County | 105 | Nowata | 1907 | . | The town of Nowata, Oklahoma. The exact origin is unknown, but the two most common stories are that railroad surveyors used the Delaware word noweta for welcome or that a sign was posted indicating that local springs had no water: No wata | 700410536000000000010,536 | 7002565000000000000565 sq mi (70031463000000000001,463 km2) |
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| Okfuskee County | 107 | Okemah | 1907 | . | Creek town of the same name in Cleburn County, Alabama | 700412191000000000012,191 | 7002625000000000000625 sq mi (70031619000000000001,619 km2) |
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| Oklahoma County | 109 | Oklahoma City | 1891 | . | From two Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning people and red | 7005718633000000000718,633 | 7002709000000000000709 sq mi (70031836000000000001,836 km2) |
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| Okmulgee County | 111 | Okmulgee | 1907 | . | Creek word meaning boiling water | 700440069000000000040,069 | 7002697000000000000697 sq mi (70031805000000000001,805 km2) |
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| Osage County | 113 | Pawhuska | 1907 | . | The Osage Indian Reservation, inhabited by the Osage Nation | 700447472000000000047,472 | 70032251000000000002,251 sq mi (70035830000000000005,830 km2) |
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| Ottawa County | 115 | Miami | 1907 | . | Ottawa Native American people | 700431848000000000031,848 | 7002471000000000000471 sq mi (70031220000000000001,220 km2) |
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| Pawnee County | 117 | Pawnee | 1897 | . | The Skidi Pawnee Native American people | 700416577000000000016,577 | 7002570000000000000570 sq mi (70031476000000000001,476 km2) |
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| Payne County | 119 | Stillwater | 1890 | . | David L. Payne, the key figure in opening Oklahoma to white settlement | 700477350000000000077,350 | 7002686000000000000686 sq mi (70031777000000000001,777 km2) |
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| Pittsburg County | 121 | McAlester | 1907 | . | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 700445837000000000045,837 | 70031306000000000001,306 sq mi (70033383000000000003,383 km2) |
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| Pontotoc County | 123 | Ada | 1907 | . | Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning cat tails growing on the prairie | 700437492000000000037,492 | 7002720000000000000720 sq mi (70031865000000000001,865 km2) |
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| Pottawatomie County | 125 | Shawnee | 1891 | . | The Pottawatomie Native American people | 700469442000000000069,442 | 7002788000000000000788 sq mi (70032041000000000002,041 km2) |
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| Pushmataha County | 127 | Antlers | 1907 | . | The Pushmataha District of the Choctaw Nation | 700411572000000000011,572 | 70031397000000000001,397 sq mi (70033618000000000003,618 km2) |
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| Roger Mills County | 129 | Cheyenne | 1895 | . | U.S. Senator Roger Q. Mills | 70033647000000000003,647 | 70031142000000000001,142 sq mi (70032958000000000002,958 km2) |
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| Rogers County | 131 | Claremore | 1907 | . | Clem V. Rogers, a member of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and the father of entertainer Will Rogers | 700486905000000000086,905 | 7002675000000000000675 sq mi (70031748000000000001,748 km2) |
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| Seminole County | 133 | Wewoka | 1907 | . | The Seminole Native American people | 700425482000000000025,482 | 7002632000000000000632 sq mi (70031637000000000001,637 km2) |
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| Sequoyah County | 135 | Sallisaw | 1907 | . | Cherokee leader Sequoyah | 700442391000000000042,391 | 7002674000000000000674 sq mi (70031746000000000001,746 km2) |
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| Stephens County | 137 | Duncan | 1907 | . | John Hall Stephens (1847 - 1924), a Texas congressman and advocate of Oklahoma statehood | 700445048000000000045,048 | 7002877000000000000877 sq mi (70032271000000000002,271 km2) |
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| Texas County | 139 | Guymon | 1907 | Seventh County (entire panhandle until 1907) | The neighboring U.S. state of Texas | 700420640000000000020,640 | 70032037000000000002,037 sq mi (70035276000000000005,276 km2) |
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| Tillman County | 141 | Frederick | 1907 | . | U.S. Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina | 70037992000000000007,992 | 7002872000000000000872 sq mi (70032258000000000002,258 km2) |
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| Tulsa County | 143 | Tulsa | 1907 | . | The town of Tulsa, originally within the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, which in turn derives from Tulsey Town, Alabama, an old Creek settlement. | 7005603403000000000603,403 | 7002570000000000000570 sq mi (70031476000000000001,476 km2) |
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| Wagoner County | 145 | Wagoner | 1907 | . | Said to be named for Wagoner, Oklahoma, which in turn, was possibly named for Bailey P. Waggoner, attorney of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the line around which the town was established | 700473085000000000073,085 | 7002563000000000000563 sq mi (70031458000000000001,458 km2) |
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| Washington County | 147 | Bartlesville | 1907 | . | First President of the United States George Washington | 700450976000000000050,976 | 7002417000000000000417 sq mi (70031080000000000001,080 km2) |
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| Washita County | 149 | Cordell | 1897 | . | The Washita River | 700411629000000000011,629 | 70031004000000000001,004 sq mi (70032600000000000002,600 km2) |
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| Woods County | 151 | Alva | 1893 | . | Kansas populist and territorial legislator Samuel Newitt Wood | 70038878000000000008,878 | 70031287000000000001,287 sq mi (70033333000000000003,333 km2) |
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| Woodward County | 153 | Woodward | 1907 | . | Named for Santa Fe Railroad director B.W. Woodward | 700420081000000000020,081 | 70031242000000000001,242 sq mi (70033217000000000003,217 km2) |
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