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About Kingfisher County
Kingfisher County was created in
1890 following the run into The Unassigned Lands and the organization
of Oklahoma Territory. A strip of land was later added to the
western edge of the county after the land run of 1892. First
known as County "Five," it was later named to honor the town of
Kingfisher, which had been settled overnight after the land run of
April 22, 1889, and named for a settler who operated a trading station
on the Chisholm Trail.
The Central Hotel in Kingfisher housed the first county officials until
1892, when Abraham Seay and William Grimes built a three-story brick
structure which they in turn leased to the county. When it was
destroyed by fire in 1901, county officials had a four-story brick
building constructed at the cost of $29,990.
Kingfisher County is located 45 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, and
encompasses 906 square miles of wide prairie. The average
precipitation is 47.1 inches yearly. January's average
temperature is 42.0F and July's average is 80.8F.
The town of Kingfisher, the county seat, has a population of
4,380. It is the site of the Seay Mansion, restored home of
Oklahoma's second territorial governor, A. J. Seay. Built in
1892, it features furnishings from that period. Also located in
Kingfisher is the Chisholm Trail Museum, which traces the history of
the Chisholm Trail and features Indian artifacts, and a restored log
cabin, school house, church and bank.
At one time, oil production in the Casino Area, Dover Field, and East
Columbia Field was of significant economic importance. Today,
agriculture is central to the economy of the area, with wheat being the
major crop.
Annual events include Pat Hennessey Days during late August, PRCA
sanctioned rodeo in June, Chisholm Trail Museum Barbecue in April, and
Germanfest at Okarche in October.
Census records are available beginning with the 1890 First Territorial
Census. Most county records begin in 1890. The county seat is
Kingfisher. The Kingfisher post office was established April 20, 1889
under the name "Lisbon." The name was changed to "Kingfisher" on July
18, 1889.
Information for KINGFISHER County
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Biographies, Bible Records, Deeds, Obituaries, Pensions, and Wills,
please visit the new Rootsweb message board for Kingfisher County.
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Indian Territory, Oklahoma
Kingfisher Free Press
All Oklahoma
Territory researchers
are deeply indebted to Mary Lou
Morgan
for the many years she has devoted
to the transcription of records.
Early OK Photographs
Our thanks to Barbara Rivas
for submitting this collection of
22 early Oklahoma photos --
stop by the page and see if you can
help to identify these folks!
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Unidentified Photos
submitted by Jim and Marca Lee McInnes Murray
"This is a picture of a family
that I found in my mother's pictures.
I imagine they lived in Oklahoma.
I thought perhaps someone looking
at Oklahoma pictures might know them."
Native
American Research Project
With the collected Native
American research
of the late Barbara Clayton, this page is
where visitors can view the findings of others
and contribute their own work to the project.
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Kingfisher-Blaine
Counties
Genealogy Society
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society for
Kingfisher and Blaine Counties that is dedicated
to preserving family histories.
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Kingfisher-Blaine Counties Genealogy Society webpage:
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HELLO - WELCOME!
My name is LaRae
Halsey-Brooks, and my
daughter,
Eireann Brooks, and I are the County Co-Coordinators
for the Kingfisher County OKGenWeb Project.
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This page was last updated on
Sunday, 01-Jan-2012 22:08:39 MST
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