Love County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Overton Love, a judge of the Chickasaw Nation
- Seat
- Marietta
- Largest city
- Marietta
- Total
- 532 sq mi (1,380 km )
- Land
- 514 sq mi (1,330 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 3.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 10,780
- Density
- 19.7/sq mi (7.62/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- love .okcounties .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- Marietta
- Capital
- Marietta
- Population
- 10146
- Area
- 1378
- Body of water
- Red River
- Shares border with
- Marshall County
- Official website
- love.okcounties.org
- Image
- LoveCountyCourthouseMariettaOK.JPG
- Households
- 3340
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- Commons category
- Love County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Love County, Oklahoma
- water as percent of area
- 3.5
- native label
- Love County
- inception
- 1907-07-16
- per capita income
- 23266
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Love County, Oklahoma
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Encyclopedic overview
Love County is a county on the southern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,146. Its county seat is Marietta. The county was created at statehood in 1907 and named for Overton Love, a prominent Chickasaw farmer, entrepreneur and politician.
For tourism purposes, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism includes Love County in 'Chickasaw Country'. Love County is also part of the Texoma region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Love County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.