File:Garvin_County_Courthouse.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Garvin County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Garvin County, Oklahoma, Garvin County, OK
county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Samuel J. Garvin
- Seat
- Pauls Valley
- Largest city
- Pauls Valley
- Total
- 814 sq mi (2,110 km )
- Land
- 802 sq mi (2,080 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,377
- Density
- 32.0/sq mi (12.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
via Wikipedia infobox
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Garvin County is a county in south-central Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,656. Its county seat is Pauls Valley. In 1906, delegates to the Constitution Convention formed Garvin County from part of the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The county was named after Samuel J. Garvin, a local Chickasaw rancher, merchant, and banker. Its economy is largely based on farming, ranching and oil production.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Garvin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.