McCurtain County, Oklahoma

McCurtain County
McCurtain County
County
	The McCurtain County Courthouse is located downtown in Idabel.
	Location within the U.S. state of Oklahoma
	Oklahoma's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 34°07′N 94°46′W / 34.11°N 94.77°W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Founded	1907
Named for	An influential Choctaw Indian family
Seat	Idabel
Largest city	Idabel
Area
• Total	1,902 sq mi (4,930 km2)
• Land	1,850 sq mi (4,800 km2)
• Water	52 sq mi (130 km2) 2.8%
Population (2020)
• Total	30,814
• Estimate (2022)	30,931
• Density	16.6/sq mi (6.4/km2)
Congressional district	2nd

McCurtain County is a county in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 30,814.^[1] Its county seat is Idabel.^[2] It was formed at statehood from part of the earlier Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory.^[3] The name honors an influential Choctaw family who lived in the area. Jackson McCurtain and Edmund McCurtain served in the Confederate Army before their terms as chief, while Green McCurtain was the last chief when Oklahoma became a state in 1907.^[4]

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Coleman, Louis. "McCurtain County", Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015.
^ "Origin of County Names in Oklahoma". In: Chronicles of Oklahoma. Volume 2, Number 1. March, 1924. Archived August 14, 2017, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 14, 2014.