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McCurtain County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- An influential Choctaw Indian family
- Seat
- Idabel
- Largest city
- Idabel
- Total
- 1,902 sq mi (4,930 km )
- Land
- 1,850 sq mi (4,800 km )
- Water
- 52 sq mi (130 km ) 2.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 30,744
- Density
- 16.6/sq mi (6.4/km )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
McCurtain County is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 30,814. Its county seat is Idabel. It was formed at statehood from part of the earlier Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory. The name honors an influential Choctaw family who lived in the area. Jackson McCurtain and Edmund McCurtain served in the Confederate Army before their terms as chief, while Green McCurtain was the last chief when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “McCurtain County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.