Latimer County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- James L. Latimer
- Seat
- Wilburton
- Largest city
- Wilburton
- Total
- 729 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Land
- 722 sq mi (1,870 km )
- Water
- 7.0 sq mi (18 km ) 0.95%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,645
- Density
- 13.1/sq mi (5.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- Red Oak
- Capital
- Wilburton
- Population
- 9444
- Area
- 1888
- Shares border with
- Pittsburg County
- Official website
- latimer.okcounties.org
- Image
- Whistle Stop.jpg
- Households
- 4083
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- Commons category
- Latimer County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Latimer County, Oklahoma
- water as percent of area
- 0.95
- native label
- Latimer County
- inception
- 1902-00-00
- per capita income
- 25534
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Latimer County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Wilburton. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,444. The county was created at statehood in 1907 and named for James L. Latimer, a delegate from Wilburton to the 1906 state Constitutional Convention. Prior to statehood, it had been for several decades part of Gaines County, Sugar Loaf County, and Wade County in the Choctaw Nation.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Latimer County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.