Kansas County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| Tip: Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights. |
| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Adair | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee Lands | none |
| Alfalfa | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Woods | none |
| Atoka | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw Lands | none |
| Beaver | 1890 0 18 | Details | Oklahoma Territory | Cimarron 1907, Texas 1907 |
| Beckham | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Roger Mills | none |
| Blaine | 1892 Apr 19 | Details | Cheyenne, Arapaho land | none |
| Bryan | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw Lands | none |
| Caddo | 1901 Aug 05 | Details | Kowa, Comanche,Apache, Wichita, Caddo lands | Grady 1907 |
| Canadian | 1890 18 Ma | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Carter | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| Cherokee | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Tahlequah District | Delaware 1907 |
| Choctaw | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| Cimarron | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Beaver | none |
| Cleveland | 1890 18 Ma | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Coal | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| Comanche | 1901 Aug 05 | Details | Kiowa, Comanche lands | Cotton 1912, Grady 1907, Jefferson 1907, Kiowa 1907, Stephens 1907 |
| Cotton | 1912 Aug 27 | Details | Comanche | none |
| Craig | 907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee lands | none |
| Creek | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | Muskogee 1907 |
| Custer | 1892 Aug 19 | Details | Cheyenne & Arapaho land opening | none |
| Day | 1892 Apr 19 | Details | Cheyenne & Arapaho land opening | absorbed by Ellis 1907 |
| Delaware | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee | none |
| Dewey | 1892 Apr 19 | Details | Cheyenne & Arapaho land opening | none |
| Ellis | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Day, Woodward | none |
| Garfield | 1893 sep 16 | Details | Cherokee Outlet land | none |
| Garvin | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| Grady | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Caddo, Comanche lands | none |
| Grant | 1893 Sep 16 | Details | Cherokee Outletland | none |
| Greer | 1886 6 18 | Details | Cherokee lands | Harmon 1909, Jackson 1907 |
| Harmon | 1909 Jun 02 | Details | Greer, Jackson | none |
| Harper | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Indian lands, Woods, Woodward | none |
| Haskell | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| Hughes | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | none |
| Jackson | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Greer | Harmon 1909 |
| Jefferson | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Comanche, Chickasaw lands | none |
| Johnston | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| Kay | 1893 Sep 16 | Details | Cherokee Outlet land | none |
| Kingfisher | 1890 18 Ma | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Kiowa | 1901 Aug 05 | Details | Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Wichita, Caddo lands | Comanche 1907 |
| Latimer | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| LeFlore | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| Lincoln | 1893 Sep 22 | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Logan | 1890 18 Ma | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Love | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw Territory | none |
| Major | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Woods | none |
| Marshall | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| Mayes | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee lands | none |
| McClain | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| McCurtain | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| McIntosh | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lans | none |
| Murray | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| Muskogee | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | none |
| Noble | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee Outlet land | none |
| Nowata | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee lands | none |
| Okfuskee | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | none |
| Oklahoma | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Okmulgee | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | none |
| Osage | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Osage lands | none |
| Ottawa | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee Nation | none |
| Pawnee | 1893 Sep 16 | Details | Cherokee Outlet land | none |
| Pittsburg | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| Pontotoc | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Chickasaw lands | none |
| Pottawatomie | 1891 Sep 22 | Details | Oklahoma Territory | none |
| Pushmataha | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Choctaw lands | none |
| Roger Mills | 1892 Apr 19 | Details | Cheyene, Araphoe land | Beckham 1907 |
| Rogers | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee Nation | none |
| Seminole | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Seminole lands | none |
| Sequoyah | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee lands | none |
| Stephens | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Comanche | none |
| Texas | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Beaver | none |
| Tillman | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Comanche | none |
| Tulsa | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | none |
| Wagoner | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Creek lands | none |
| Washington | 1907 Jul 16 | Details | Cherokee lands | none |
| Washita | 1892 Apr 19 | Details | Cheyenne, Arapaho | none |
| Woods | 1893 Sep 16 | Details | Cherokee Outlet land | Alfalfa 1907, Harper 1907, Major 1907 |
| Woodward | 1893 Sep 16 | Details | Cherokee Outlet land | Ellis 1907, Harper 1907 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Kansas/viewer.htm Kansas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.