Beaver County, Oklahoma

Beaver County
County
Rural Beaver County (2011)
Location within the U.S. state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 36°45′N 100°29′W / 36.75°N 100.48°W / 36.75; -100.48
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Founded	1890
Seat	Beaver
Largest town	Beaver
Area
• Total	1,818 sq mi (4,710 km2)
• Land	1,815 sq mi (4,700 km2)
• Water	2.8 sq mi (7 km2)  0.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,049
• Density	3.1/sq mi (1.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	beaver.okcounties.org

Beaver County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2020, 5,049 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Beaver.

The county has a total area of 1,818 square miles. Beaver County is located in the Oklahoma Panhandle.

The area now known as Beaver County was part of Mexico from 1821 until 1836. Before that, it was part of New Spain. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the new state of Texas gave up the Oklahoma Panhandle. Between 1850 and 1890, the area did not belong to any state or territory.^[2] In 1886, a group of settlers in the area formed their own government, and named the Oklahoma Panhandle the Cimarron Territory. Many of these settlers were from Beaver City. The territory was never recognized by the United States government.^[3] The area was assigned to the new Oklahoma Territory in May 1890. The State of Oklahoma was formed in 1907.

• Beaver (county seat)
• Forgan
• Gate
• Knowles

• Balko
• Elmwood
• Floris
• Mocane
• Slapout
• Turpin

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