About Kingfisher County
Kingfisher County was
created in 1890 following the run into The Unassigned
Lands and the organization of Oklahoma Territory. A
strip of land was later added to the western edge of the
county after the land run of 1892. First known as
County "Five," it was later named to honor the
town of Kingfisher, which had been settled overnight
after the land run of April 22, 1889, and named for a
settler who operated a trading station on the Chisholm
Trail.
The Central Hotel in Kingfisher housed the first county
officials until 1892, when Abraham Seay and William
Grimes built a three-story brick structure which they in
turn leased to the county. When it was destroyed by
fire in 1901, county officials had a four-story brick
building constructed at the cost of $29,990.
Kingfisher County is located 45 miles northwest of
Oklahoma City, and encompasses 906 square miles of wide
prairie. The average precipitation is 47.1 inches
yearly. January's average temperature is 42.0F and
July's average is 80.8F.
The town of Kingfisher, the county seat, has a population
of 4,380. It is the site of the Seay Mansion,
restored home of Oklahoma's second territorial governor,
A. J. Seay. Built in 1892, it features furnishings
from that period. Also located in Kingfisher is the
Chisholm Trail Museum, which traces the history of the
Chisholm Trail and features Indian artifacts, and a
restored log cabin, school house, church and bank.
At one time, oil production in the Casino Area, Dover
Field, and East Columbia Field was of significant
economic importance. Today, agriculture is central to the
economy of the area, with wheat being the major crop.
Annual events include Pat Hennessey Days during late
August, PRCA sanctioned rodeo in June, Chisholm Trail
Museum Barbecue in April, and Germanfest at Okarche in
October.
Census records are available beginning with the 1890
First Territorial Census. Most county records begin in
1890. The county seat is Kingfisher. The Kingfisher post
office was established April 20, 1889 under the name
"Lisbon." The name was changed to
"Kingfisher" on July 18, 1889.
Information for KINGFISHER County
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Biographies, Bible Records, Deeds, Obituaries, Pensions,
and Wills, please visit the new Rootsweb message board
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Indian Territory, Oklahoma
Kingfisher Free Press
All Oklahoma
Territory researchers
are deeply indebted to Mary Lou
Morgan
for the many years she has devoted
to the transcription of records.
Early OK
Photographs
Our thanks to Barbara Rivas
for submitting this collection of
22 early Oklahoma photos --
stop by the page and see if you can
help to identify these folks!
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Unidentified Photos
submitted by Jim and Marca Lee McInnes Murray
"This is a picture of a family
that I found in my mother's pictures.
I imagine they lived in Oklahoma.
I thought perhaps someone looking
at Oklahoma pictures might know them."
Native
American Research Project
With
the collected Native American research
of the late Barbara Clayton, this page is
where visitors can view the findings of others
and contribute their own work to the project.
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Kingfisher-Blaine
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Genealogy Society
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have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force,
Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard.
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HELLO - WELCOME!
My name is LaRae
Halsey-Brooks,
and my daughter,
Eireann Brooks, and I are the County Co-Coordinators
for the Kingfisher County OKGenWeb Project.
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This page was last
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Saturday, 04-Oct-2008 19:31:15 MDT
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