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Major County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 7,527.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40093.html )〕 Its county seat is Fairview.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1907. Located in northwestern Oklahoma, Major County is bounded by Woods and Alfalfa counties in the north, Garfield County on the east, Kingfisher, Blaine and Dewey on the south, and Woodward on the west, Major County has 957.87 square miles of land and water. It is drained by the North Canadian and Cimarron rivers and the Eagle Chief, Griever, and Sand creeks. ==History== Upon statehood in 1907, Major County was created from southern part of a territorial county.〔Peterson-Veatch, Ross. ("Major County," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015.〕 Fairview, which had been settled following the Land Run of 1893, was designated the county seat and voters reaffirmed the choice on December 22, 1908.〔Wilson, Linda D. ("Fairview," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015.〕 The county's commissioners rented office space until a brick courthouse was constructed.〔 A second courthouse, made of stone, was erected in 1928.〔 Named for John Charles Major, a representative to the state's 1906 Constitutional Convention, the area was originally settled by large numbers of Kansas Mennonites.〔 One county town, Meno, received its name from an early leader of the Mennonite movement.〔 The county experienced "Black Sunday" dust storms on April 14, 1935.〔Peterson-Veatch, Ross. ("Ringwood," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Major County, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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