Haskell County, Oklahoma
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Haskell County is a county located in the southeast quadrant of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

. As of 2000, the population was 11,792. Its county seat
County seat
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 is Stigler
Stigler, Oklahoma
Stigler is a city in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Haskell County.-Geography:Stigler is located at...

. The county is named in honor of Charles N. Haskell
Charles N. Haskell
Charles Nathaniel Haskell was an American lawyer, oilman, and statesman who served as the first Governor of Oklahoma. Haskell played a crucial role in drafting the Oklahoma Constitution as well as Oklahoma's statehood and admission into the United States as the 46th state in 1907...

, who was the first governor of Oklahoma.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the county has a total area of 625 square miles (1,618.7 km²), of which 577 square miles (1,494.4 km²) is land and 48 square miles (124.3 km²) (7.72%) is water.

Major highways

  • State Highway 2
    State Highway 2 (Oklahoma)
    State Highway 2, abbreviated SH-2 or OK-2, is a designation for two distinct highways maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Though they were once connected, the middle section of highway was concurrent with three different U.S. highways, so the middle section was decommissioned for reasons of...

  • State Highway 9
    State Highway 9 (Oklahoma)
    State Highway 9, abbreviated as SH-9, OK-9, or simply Highway 9, is a major east–west highway in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Spanning across the central part of the state, SH-9 begins at the Texas state line near Madge, Oklahoma, and ends at the Arkansas state line near Fort Smith, Arkansas. State...

  • State Highway 31
    State Highway 31 (Oklahoma)
    State Highway 31 is a state highway in Oklahoma. It runs 132.6 miles in an irregular west-to-east pattern in the southeastern part of the state.There are two spur highways branching from SH-31, SH-31A and SH-31B....

  • State Highway 71
    State Highway 71 (Oklahoma)
    State Highway 71 is a state highway in eastern Oklahoma. It runs from State Highway 31 in Quinton north to intersect State Highway 9 near Enterprise. It then continues north to Lake Eufaula Dam, and then turns east to end at State Highway 2...

  • State Highway 82

Adjacent counties

  • Muskogee County
    Muskogee County, Oklahoma
    Muskogee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2010, the population was 70,990. Its county seat is Muskogee.-Government:...

      (north)
  • Sequoyah County
    Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
    Sequoyah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 38,972. Its county seat is Sallisaw.-History:...

      (northeast)
  • Le Flore County
    Le Flore County, Oklahoma
    Le Flore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 48,109. Its county seat is Poteau. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma is the federal...

      (east)
  • Latimer County
    Latimer County, Oklahoma
    Latimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 10,692. Its county seat is Wilburton.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water....

      (south)
  • Pittsburg County
    Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
    Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 43,953. Its county seat is McAlester.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,569 km²...

      (west)
  • McIntosh County
    McIntosh County, Oklahoma
    McIntosh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 19,456. Its county seat is Eufaula.-Geography:...

      (northwest)

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 11,792 people, 4,624 households, and 3,380 families residing in the county. The population density
Population density
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 was 20 people per square mile (8/km²). There were 5,573 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 78.24% White
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.61% Black
Race (United States Census)
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 or African American
Race (United States Census)
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, 14.60% Native American
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, 0.29% Asian
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.45% from other races
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, and 5.81% from two or more races. 1.50% of the population were Hispanic
Race (United States Census)
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 or Latino
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 of any race.

There were 4,624 households out of which 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.60% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.90% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 24.50% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 17.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 95.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,553, and the median income for a family was $29,872. Males had a median income of $25,493 versus $17,462 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the county was $13,775. About 16.10% of families and 20.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.10% of those under age 18 and 18.60% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

  • Keota
    Keota, Oklahoma
    Keota is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 517 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Keota is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

  • Kinta
    Kinta, Oklahoma
    Kinta is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 243 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kinta is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

  • McCurtain
    McCurtain, Oklahoma
    McCurtain is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 466 at the 2000 census.According to Frank Leslie's Weekly, 90 miners perished in a coal mine disaster in 1912...

  • Stigler
    Stigler, Oklahoma
    Stigler is a city in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Haskell County.-Geography:Stigler is located at...

  • Tamaha
    Tamaha, Oklahoma
    Tamaha is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 198 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tamaha is located at ....

  • Whitefield
    Whitefield, Oklahoma
    Whitefield is a town in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 231 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whitefield is located at...


  • Haskell County Courthouse

    Stigler is home to the Haskell County Courthouse, which has become notable for erecting marble statues of the Ten Commandments
    Ten Commandments
    The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue , are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the Sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry,...

     and the Mayflower Compact
    Mayflower Compact
    The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower...

     on the front lawn (see Separation of church and state in the United States
    Separation of church and state in the United States
    The phrase "separation of church and state" , attributed to Thomas Jefferson and others, and since quoted by the Supreme Court of the United States, expresses an understanding of the intent and function of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...

    ). In the seventh commandment, the word "adultery" is misspelled.

    A unanimous federal appeals court ruled that county commissioners in Haskell County, Oklahoma unconstitutionally sought to promote their personal religious beliefs by erecting a Ten Commandments monument on the front lawn of the county's courthouse. The decision by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals comes in a challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Oklahoma on behalf of a local resident.

    NRHP sites

    The following sites in Haskell County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
    National Register of Historic Places
    The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

    :
    • Cotton Storage House, Kinta
    • Haskell County Courthouse, Stigler
    • Kinta High School, Kinta
    • McCurtain, Edmund, House, Kinta
    • McCurtain, Green, House, Kinta
    • Mule Creek Site, Stigler
    • Otter Creek Archeological Site, Keota
    • Scott Store, Kinta
    • Stigler School Gymnasium--Auditorium, Stigler
    • Tamaha Jail and Ferry Landing, Stigler

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