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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
To post your
Queries, Biographies, Bible Records, Deeds,
Obituaries, Pensions, and Wills, please visit the
Ancestry message board for Kingfisher County.
Kingfisher County Message Board
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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NARA -- Access to Military
Service
and Pension Records
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Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) is the official repository for
records of military personnel who have
been discharged from the U.S. Air Force,
Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast
Guard.
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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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