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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Latimer County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Its county seat is Wilburton. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,154. The county was created at statehood in 1907 and named for James L. Latimer, a delegate from Wilburton to the 1906 state Constitutional Convention. Prior to statehood, it had been for several decades part of Gaines County, Sugar Loaf County, and Wade County in the Choctaw Nation.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1890 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1902 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1906 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1907 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1907 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1907 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1908 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1923 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1907 | 9,340
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| 1910 | 11,321
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| 1920 | 13,866
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| 1930 | 11,184
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| 1940 | 12,380
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| 1950 | 9,690
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| 1960 | 7,738
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| 1970 | 8,601
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| 1980 | 9,840
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| 1990 | 10,333
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~oklatime/
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