COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1907

COUNTY NAMED FOR:  A Creek town in Russell County, Alabama. The word derived from the Creek word  "oki mulgi," meaning "boiling waters."

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Same as the county.

COURTHOUSES: Two - 1907 and 1917

STANDING: Two -

• The 1907 Courthouse was built in 1878 as the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Capitol, and served in that capacity until Statehood in 1907.  It was then sold to the City of Okmulgee who leased it to the County, and it served as the Okmulgee County Courthouse between 1907 and 1917 when the new courthouse was completed.  It was sold back to the Creek Nation in 2010.
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• 1917 Classical Revival building