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Alfalfa County

county in Oklahoma, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Oklahoma
Named after: William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray
Seat: Cherokee
Largest city: Helena
Total: 881 sq mi (2,280 km )
Land: 866 sq mi (2,240 km )
Water: 15 sq mi (39 km ) 1.7%
Estimate 2025: 5,649
Density: 6.5/sq mi (2.5/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 3rd
Website: https://alfalfa.okcounties.org/

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Alfalfa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,699. The county seat is Cherokee.

Alfalfa County was formed at statehood in 1907 from Woods County. The county is named after both the alfalfa crops grown there and William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, the president of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention and ninth governor of Oklahoma. He was instrumental creating the county from the original, much larger Woods County.