Cimarron County, Oklahoma


Founding: 1907
Parent county: Beaver
Namesake: The Cimarron River
Seat: Kenton (1907–1908); Boise City (1908–)
Land area: 1,835 square miles
Population (2020): 2,296
Population (historic): 4,553 (1910); 3,436 (1920); 5,408 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1910; 1920s; 1940s
Subdivisions: One city; one town; two CDPs
National Register listings: Eight
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 318 (20.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.9%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.5%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $755
Average outbuilding value (1930): $632
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 767
Average farm size (1920): 126.7 acres
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Boise City
 
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Boise, Idaho
Founding: 1908 (platting); 1908 (post office); 1925 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,166
Population (historic): 1,256 (1930); 1,144 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1930; 1940–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 200 (17.3%)
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