Carter County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Ben W. Carter
- Seat
- Ardmore
- Largest city
- Ardmore
- Total
- 834 sq mi (2,160 km )
- Land
- 822 sq mi (2,130 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 48,910
- Density
- 58/sq mi (22/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- cartercountyok .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- Ratliff City
- Capital
- Ardmore
- Population
- 48003
- Area
- 2159
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- cartercountyok.us
- Image
- Ardmore ok8.jpg
- Households
- 18474
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- Commons category
- Carter County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Carter County, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1907-07-16
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Carter County, Oklahoma
- different from
- Carter County
- water as percent of area
- 1.4
- native label
- Carter County
- per capita income
- 27211
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Encyclopedic overview
Carter County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,003. Its county seat is Ardmore. The county was named for Captain Ben W. Carter, a Cherokee who lived among the Chickasaw. Carter County is part of the Ardmore Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is also a part of the Texoma region.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carter County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.