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Greer County, Oklahoma

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
6historic places
—earliest paper
1860formed
5,491pop. 2020
20cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1985. Most listings are in or near Mangum, Reed.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oklahoma is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Greer titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Downtown Mangum Historic DistrictMangumDistrict2009
Greer County CourthouseMangumBuilding1985
Hotel FranklinMangumBuilding2007
Jay Buckle SpringsReedSite2008
Mangum ArmoryMangumBuilding1994
Mangum Community BuildingMangumBuilding1995

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greer was formed in 1860 (1860-02-08) from Young Terr.

GREER created by Texas from Young Terr. (Tex.). GREER located entirely in present Okla., but Tex. claimed area based on belief that the N. Fork of Red Riv. was the main channel. GREER overlapped Indian Terr. and, after 2 May 1890, part of Okla. Terr.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Greer County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

20k13k5,338188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,33817,92215,83614,55011,7498,8777,0286,0615,491

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

20 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 20 of 20 listed
NameLatLon
Brinkman Cemetery35.01713-99.50987
Granite Cemetery34.93524-99.35944
Hackberry Cemetery34.97221-99.87184
Hester Cemetery34.81729-99.37878
Jester Cemetery35.00162-99.69975
Ladessa Cemetery34.79681-99.56279
Langford Cemetery34.82672-99.71096
Lutheran Cemetery34.92861-99.395
Marie Cemetery34.96226-99.59415
Plainview Cemetery35.05837-99.72733
Pleasant Valley Cemetery35.0737-99.43198
Quartz Cemetery34.91207-99.34065
Reed Cemetery34.90581-99.69518
Riverside Cemetery34.86284-99.50731
Rock Cemetery34.97224-99.43045
Roselawn Cemetery34.90121-99.51284
Russell Cemetery34.75506-99.66759
White Flat Cemetery34.87105-99.62513
Wildcat Cemetery34.82604-99.71919
Willow Cemetery35.06685-99.51805

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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