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Oklahoma has 41 state parks, two national protected forests or grasslands, [12] and a network of wildlife preserves and conservation areas. Six percent of the state's 10 million acres (40,000 km 2 ) of forest is public land, [ 11 ] including the western portions of the Ouachita National Forest , the largest and oldest national forest in the ...
Cherokee Outlet, then County Q in Oklahoma Territory [61] The Skidi Pawnee Native American people: 27.83 15,864: 570 sq mi (1,476 km 2) Payne County: 119: Stillwater: 1890: County 6 in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, renamed to Payne County in 1907 [62] David L. Payne, the key figure in opening Oklahoma to white settlement: 121.50 83,352: 686 sq mi ...
Map of Oklahoma's congressional districts since 2023 As of the 2010 census , there are five United States congressional districts in Oklahoma . It was one of the states that was able to keep the same number of congressional districts from the previous census (in the past, Oklahoma has had as many as nine House of Representatives seats).
On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, five metropolitan statistical areas, and 17 micropolitan statistical areas in Oklahoma. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK CSA , comprising the area around Oklahoma City , Oklahoma's capital and largest city.
Haskell County was the source of 20 percent of Oklahoma's coal production between 1950 and 1980. [4] Agriculture was the most important component of the county economy in the early 20th century. Cotton was the most important crop, followed by corn and oats.
Coal County is in southeastern Oklahoma, in a 10-county area designated for tourism purposes by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation as Choctaw Country. [5] According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 521 square miles (1,350 km 2 ), of which 517 square miles (1,340 km 2 ) is land and 4.7 square miles (12 km ...
South Central Oklahoma is an amorphous region in the state of Oklahoma, perhaps encompassing 10 counties. It is centered on the Arbuckle Mountains , an ancient, eroded range traversing some 70 miles (110 km) across the region, and surrounded by rivers and lakes, notably Lake Texoma , Lake Murray and Lake of the Arbuckles .
Grant County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,169. [1] Its county seat is Medford. [2] Originally designated as part of the Cherokee Outlet, it was named County L in Oklahoma