The largest county in Oklahoma by area, gets its name from the broad rolling hills and rolling tallgrass prairie and Cross Timbers encompassing the county and surrounding areas, including portions of Mayes, Tulsa, Washington and Kay Counties, was created in what year?
Osage County, Oklahoma Osage County is the largest county by area in the state of Oklahoma in the United States. Created in 1907 when Oklahoma was admitted as a state, the county is named for and is home to the federally recognized Osage Nation. The county is coextensive with the Osage Nation Reservation, established by treaty in the 19th century when the Osage relocated there from Kansas. The county seat is in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, one of the first three towns established in the county. The total population of the county is 47,987.
Land Rush of 1889 The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 was the first land rush into the Unassigned Lands. The area that was opened to settlement included all or part of the present-day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties of the US state of Oklahoma. The land run started at high noon on April 22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres (8,000 km²).