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Explore 19 old historical maps of Oklahoma City, OK from 1893 to now. Discover history with a hi-res interactive explorer. Buy a map for your home.
- Old Historical Atlas Maps of Oklahoma
- Map of Oklahoma County Formations 1819-1912
- Oklahoma County Maps of Road and Highway’s
This Historical Oklahoma Map Collection are from original copies. Most historical maps of Oklahomawere published in atlases and spans over 175 years of growth for the state. Some Oklahoma mapsyears have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines, and other features useful to the Oklahoma researcher.
This Interactive Map of Oklahoma Countiesshow the historical boundaries, names, organization, and attachments of every county, extinct county and unsuccessful county proposal from the creation of the Oklahoma territory in 1819 to 1912. powered by Advanced iFrame. Get the Pro version on CodeCanyon.
The Oklahoma D.O.T. Highway Departmenthas prepared a series of 2003 county road maps. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries. These Oklahoma maps are Free to downloade are in PDF format.
Oklahoma City sprang into existence on April 22, 1889, when approximately fifty thousand participants of the Land Run of 1889 claimed town lots and quarter sections in the area known as the Unassigned Lands.
On May 2, 1890 Congress formally established boundaries and a government for the Oklahoma Territory, outlining the six original counties, each named County 1 - County 6. Oklahoma City was the seat of County 2, an area with roughly the same boundaries as present day Oklahoma County.
Maps and History of Oklahoma County 1830-1900.1. Part 1: 1830 — Noonish on April 22, 1889. Oklahoma County forms a rectangle 30 miles wide by 24 miles high, almost exactly 720 square miles, as shown in the above map which contains annotations noting the county’s 20 original townships, each being 6 miles square.
May 2, 1890. Established the boundaries of Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Act of March 3, 1889 opened the unassigned lands for settlement. Established 7 counties out of the unassigned lands with names consisting of numbers 1-7. Boundaries fixed by the Governor. 1-Logan. 2-Oklahoma. 3-Cleveland. 4-Canadian. 5-Kingfisher. 6-Payne. 7-Beaver.
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Early history (1889-1917) Broadway, about 1910. Oklahoma City was officially opened to the public for settlement on April 22, 1889 with the Land Run and caused substantial settlement growth seemingly overnight.
