Swanson County, Oklahoma
Former county in Oklahoma, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swanson County is a defunct county in Oklahoma. It was created from southern Kiowa County and western Comanche County on August 13, 1910, after a special election, but dissolved after a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned the election in 1911. The county was named for Claude A. Swanson, Governor of Virginia and a friend of Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell.[1]
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County of Oklahoma | |||||||||||||
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Swanson County on the map from circa 1912. | |||||||||||||
Capital | Mountain Park (1910-1911) | ||||||||||||
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• Established | August 13, 1910 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | June 27, 1911 | ||||||||||||
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• Country | United States | ||||||||||||
• State | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | United States |
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