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Creek
County in east-central Oklahoma was created at statehood
[1907]. Intended to be named Moman County in honor of the
mother of Moman Pruiett, the name was changed at the last moment
by the Constitutional Convention; in the alphabetical list of
counties in the copy of the constitution, Creek County appears
following Mayes County.
Named
for the Creek Nation.
George H. Shirk, Oklahoma
Place Names (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965)
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April 21-27, 2002
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