Place:Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States

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NameRoger Mills
Alt namesFsource: Family History Library Catalog
Roger Millssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.7°N 99.7°W
Located inOklahoma, United States     (1892 - )
See alsoBeckham, Oklahoma, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Day, Oklahoma, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Cheyenne Cemetery
White Rose Cemetery
Inhabited place
Berlin
Carpenter
Cheyenne
Crawford
Dempsey
Durham
Grimes
Hammon Junction
Hammon
Herring
Mackie
Meridian
Rankin
Reydon
Roll
Rosehill
Strong City
Sweetwater
Township
Bowman
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Roger Mills County is a county located in the western part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,647, making it the third-least populous county in Oklahoma. Its county seat is Cheyenne. The county was created in 1891.

Roger Mills county is located above the petroleum-rich Panhandle-Hugoton Field, making it one of the leading sources of oil, natural gas and helium. The county also overlies part of the Ogallala Aquifer.

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History

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Roger Mills County takes its name from Roger Q. Mills, a senator from Texas.[1] The town of Cheyenne in Roger Mills County is the location of the Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita; Washita Battlefield and the Washita Massacre), where George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Chief Black Kettle’s Cheyenne village on the Washita River on November 26, 1868.

The area covered by Roger Mills County had been part of the Cheyenne Arapaho reservation until after Oklahoma Territory was created and County E was formed. County E was renamed Day County. Day County was abolished and Roger Mills County was created at statehood on November 16, 1907. The county's western boundary with Texas was moved eastward when the Supreme Court ruled that the 100th Meridian was farther east than originally supposed.[1]

During the 1970s Roger Mills County and the surrounding area was the site of natural gas and oil development in the Panhandle-Hugoton field, the largest-volume gas field in the United States, and the world's largest known source of helium. Between 1973 and 1993 the field produced over 8-trillion cubic feet (230,000,000 m³) of gas.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1892 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1892 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1893 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1894 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1900 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1907 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1907 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1908 Birth 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
1900 6,190
1907 13,239
1910 12,861
1920 10,638
1930 14,164
1940 10,736
1950 7,395
1960 5,090
1970 4,452
1980 4,799
1990 4,147
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