Welcome To Cotton County
Cotton County and its Neighbors
Cotton County, Oklahoma was created August 22, 1912. It borders Tillman, Comanche, Stephens, Jefferson, and across the Red River, Clay and Wichita counties in Texas. It was formerly part of Comanche County and both counties were part of the Kiowa, Comanche & Apache lands. The county name was reportedly chosen by drawing a name out of a hat full of suggestions written on slips of paper.
The east section of Comanche County was opened for settlement on August 6, 1901 by drawing the names of those who had registered at U.S. Government offices at either El Reno or Fort Sill. The western part of the county (commonly known as the Big Pasture) was sold by sealed bids on December 17, 1906.
Cindy Koegel Monday, 27-Sep-2004 17:36:01 MDT