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Sequoyah County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Sequoyah
- Seat
- Sallisaw
- Largest city
- Sallisaw
- Total
- 714 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 673 sq mi (1,740 km )
- Water
- 41 sq mi (110 km ) 5.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 40,842
- Density
- 58/sq mi (22/km )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- seqcounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sequoyah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,281. The county seat is Sallisaw. Sequoyah County was created in 1907 when Oklahoma became a state. It was named after Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee syllabary and its written language.
Sequoyah County is part of the Fort Smith metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sequoyah County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.