Where is creek county oklahoma

Located in east-central Oklahoma it was named for the Creek tribe. Creek County Courthouse E. Lee Ave. Sapulpa, Oklahoma Phone: Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.

The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county: [4]. Federal Censuses were taken for Oklahoma starting in For links to Federal census indexes, see Oklahoma Census. Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper.

They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Oklahoma Land and Property for additional information about early Oklahoma land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.

For more information see Oklahoma Land and Property. Local histories are available for Creek County, Oklahoma Genealogy. County and town histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Oklahoma Local Histories. Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Creek County, Oklahoma Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:.

In most counties in Oklahoma, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse. The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. Oklahoma tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses.

There may be gaps of several years in the records. Vital Records consist of births , adoptions, marriages , divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. Listed below are archives in Creek County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Oklahoma Archives and Libraries. Listed below are libraries in Creek County.

For state-wide library facilities, see Oklahoma Archives and Libraries. It is housed in a restored railway depot. Call for hours. Listed below are societies in Creek County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Oklahoma Societies. The Sapulpa Historical Society E. Bristow Historical Society and Museum P. Box Bristow, OK Email: contactus bristowhistory. Bristow Genealogical Society West 7th Ave. Bristow, OK Email: joneslibrarybristow gmail. Memories Overview Gallery People Find.

The principal crops have included cotton, wheat, corn, and oats. In , 23, acres produced 9, bales of cotton. In , 22, bales were ginned, compared to 18, in — Cotton production continued to decline, and by only acres were planted in cotton.

In , 37, acres yielded , bushels of corn, compared to 1, acres producing 19, bushels in However, the number of acres planted in wheat increased from in to 1, in By 5, acres of wheat returned 57, bushels. In Creek County had 3, farms, comprising , acres. By the turn of the twenty-first century Creek County had 1, farms, comprising , acres.

With the development of the Glenn Pool Field after , the boomtowns of Mounds and Kiefer sprang into existence. Other oil-boom towns such as Oilton, Drumright, and Shamrock developed after the opening of the Cushing-Drumright Field. With prosperity in the area, Syrian-Lebanese entrepreneurs settled in Drumright and Oilton and established dry goods and grocery stores. In addition to agricultural and petroleum commerce, manufacturing has also added to the county's economy.

Local natural resources such as clay led to the establishment of brick and tile plants as well as Frankoma Pottery. The availability of glass sand and affordable gas for fuel near Sapulpa brought about the formation of glass factories. Through the years mattress factories have operated in Oilton and Bristow. Other manufacturing firms located in Bristow included the Glassmarc Corporation manufacturer of fiberglass boats and other items , Artemis Incorporated manufacturer of women's garments , and the U.

Carpet Company plant. Educational institutions have long been important. In C. Garber served as its superintendent. In county voters selected Mounds as the location for the Creek County High School, which continued in operation until As a result of the Junior College Movement, Sapulpa, Bristow, and Drumright supported two-year institutions from the s to the s.

The Central Technology Center in Drumright opened in American Indians and early explorers used the waterways and trails. In Capt. Dawson developed a road known as Dawson Road, which followed an Osage hunting trail. In the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad later the St. Twelve years later the St. In the early twentieth century other railroads linked the oil-boom towns of Drumright, Kiefer, Mounds, Shamrock, Slick, and Oilton to outside markets.

The Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway, an interurban, continued in operation until An interurban connected Mounds with Tulsa. At the turn of the twenty-first century motorists used Interstate 44, Historic Route 66, Alternate U. Highway 75, and State Highways 16, 33, 48, 51, 53, 56, and Creek County had a population of 26, in Due to the oil boom the numbers jumped to 62, in and increased slightly to 64, in During the next three decades the population declined from 55, in to 43, in to 40, in The census reported 45, inhabitants in , 59, in , and 60, in At the turn of the twenty-first century Creek County had a population of 67, In the 69, residents were