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Pontotoc County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Chickasaw word for the region meaning either " cattail prairie " "land of hanging grapes "
- Seat
- Ada
- Largest city
- Ada
- Total
- 725 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Land
- 720 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 38,528
- Density
- 53/sq mi (20/km )
- Congressional district
- 4th
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Pontotoc County is a county in the south central part of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,065. Its county seat is Ada. The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Pontotoc is usually translated "cattail prairie" or "land of hanging grapes."
Pontotoc County comprises the Ada, OK micropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pontotoc County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.