Mayes County

Also known as Mayes County, Oklahoma, Mayes County, OK

county in Oklahoma, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Oklahoma
Founded: November 16, 1907
Named after: Samuel Houston Mayes
Seat: Pryor Creek
Largest city: Pryor Creek
Total: 684 sq mi (1,770 km )
Land: 655 sq mi (1,700 km )
Water: 28 sq mi (73 km ) 4.1%
Estimate 2025: 40,416
Density: 59.6/sq mi (23.0/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )

Article

Mayes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,046. Its county seat is Pryor Creek. Named for Samuel Houston Mayes, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899, it was originally created at the Sequoyah Convention in August 1905.

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