Welcome To Cotton County

Walters The county seat of Cotton County is Walters, which was established on December 9, 1901. It was originally named McKnight, after a Major McKnight, who was the government registrar of the land office in Lawton. That name lasted only a few months. One group called the town Walters, named after William R. Walter, who was a prominent local resident and one of the three original town site commissioners. However, the post office and train depot were officially known as Walter. An Act of Congress on June 23, 1917, officially changed the name of the post office to Walters. Other Communities Other communities in Cotton County are Cookietown, Devol, Fivemile Corner, Hooper, Hulen, Randlett, Taylor, and Temple. There is more information on towns here. Many thanks to Linda Garrison with the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society (and longtime Walters resident) for the above history. If you are planning a trip to Walters to do research in the court house, the only motel in Cotton County is the Sands Motel in Temple. There is a larger selection of hotels and motels in Lawton, less than 20 miles from Walters.   Geographic Names Information System Query Results          COTTON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA -- PPL USGS Feature Name  St County   Type Latitude Longitude 7.5' x 7.5' Map Cookietown OK Cotton pop pl 341630N 0982711W Cookietown Devol OK Cotton pop pl 341145N 0983523W Devol Fivemile Corner OK Cotton pop pl 342144N 0981334W Temple Hooper OK Cotton pop pl 340933N 0981025W Hooper Hulen OK Cotton pop pl 343014N 0981316W Letitia Randlett OK Cotton pop pl 341038N 0982748W Randlett Taylor OK Cotton pop pl 341025N 0981951W Taylor Temple OK Cotton pop pl 341619N 0981408W Temple Walters     OK Cotton pop pl 342135N 0981827W Walters    GNIS Query Form | Mapping Information |                                               URL: http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/GNISQuery    Maintainer: [email protected] Back to Main Page Cindy Koegel  Monday, 27-Sep-2004 17:36:27 MDT

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