Swanson County, Oklahoma

Swanson County, Oklahoma

Swanson County is a defunct county in Oklahoma. It was created from southern Kiowa County and western Comanche County on August 13, 1910, when Governor Charles N. Haskell proclaimed the county as official in response to a special election by the residents.Smith, Emily B. [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v009/v009p412.html "Swanson County,"] "Chronicles of Oklahoma" 9:4 (December 1931) (accessed August 29, 2006).] In January 1911, the state House of Representatives seated the representative from Swanson County. However, residents of Comanche County sued, and in Armstrong v. State ex rel. Fain co. Atty the Oklahoma Supreme Court dissolved the county. [ [http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/deliverdocument.asp?id=8205&hits= Armstrong v. State ex rel. Fain Co. Atty.] 1911 OK 225, 29 Okla. 161, 116 P. 770. (accessed August 29, 2006)]

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