Seminole County


 

Taking its name from the Creek word meaning 'runaway' or 'those who camp at a distance,' this county was originally part of the Seminole Nation, Indian Territory.
As a result of a treaty with the Creeks in 1856, the Seminoles received an estimated 2,169,080 acres of land in the Indian Territory where they could establish their own government and laws. They were the last of the Five Civilized Tribes to organize their government in this region.

Although oil exploration began near Wewoka as early as 1902, it was not until 1923 and the discovery of the Greater Seminole Oil Field that the county experienced an economic boom. By September 1929, this became the premier high-gravity oil field in the United States. Now, agriculture and manufacturing contribute to the economy.

Businesses engaged in the production of clothing, oil field chemicals and tanks, air blasting equipment, and many others are located in the area.

 

Cemeteries

Vitals - Birth, Marriage, Death 1904 to 1915

Funeral Homes

Family Group Sheets

Historical Photographs

Political Graveyard

Oklahoma Gravestones

Konawa Genealogical Society

Grisso Mansion

Seminole Nation Museum

Seminole Producer

Wewoka Times

Seminole Nation, I. T.

Towns

Bowlegs

Cromwell

Konawa

Lima

Maud

Sasakwa

Seminole

Wewoka

 

 

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