Place:Greer, Oklahoma, United States

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NameGreer
Alt namesGreersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates34.933°N 99.55°W
Located inOklahoma, United States     (1886 - )
See alsoBeckham, Oklahoma, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Harmon, Oklahoma, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jackson, Oklahoma, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Bloomington
Brinkman
City View
Granite
Hester
Jester
Lake Creek
Mangum
Moravia
Plainview
Reed
Russell
Willow
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Greer County is a county located along the southwest border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,239. Its county seat is Mangum. From 1860 to 1896, the state of Texas claimed an area known as Greer County, Texas, which included present-day Greer County along with neighboring areas. In 1896 it was designated as a county in Oklahoma Territory under a ruling by the US Supreme Court. The rural Greer County is home to Quartz Mountain Nature Park, near the community of Lone Wolf, Oklahoma (known until 2002 as Quartz Mountain State Park). It is also home to the Oklahoma State Reformatory, located in Granite.[1] Its population has declined since 1930 due to changes in agriculture and migration to cities for work.

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Date Event Source
1886 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1886 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1886 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1901 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1901 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1901 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1907 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1890 5,338
1900 17,922
1907 23,624
1910 16,449
1920 15,836
1930 20,282
1940 14,550
1950 11,749
1960 8,877
1970 7,979
1980 7,028
1990 6,559

Note: Greer functioned as a Texas county until 1896 but was enumerated as part of Oklahoma Territory in 1890.

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~okgreer/

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