COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1907
from a portion of Woods County, Oklahoma Territory.
COUNTY NAMED FOR:
John C. Major, a member of the
Oklahoma Constitutional Convention.
COUNTY SEATS:
One - Fairview, which had been settled following the
Land Run of 1893, was designated the county seat and voters reaffirmed
the choice on December 22, 1908.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Its
seanic location in a pleasantly wooded valley east of the uplands
forming the Glass Mountains.
COURTHOUSES:
Two -
The county's
commissioners rented office space until a brick courthouse was
constructed in 1909. A second courthouse, made of stone, was erected in 1928.
STANDING: One
- 1928 Courthouse |