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Rogers County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 86,905.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40/40131.html )〕 Its county seat is Claremore,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 making it the sixth largest county in Oklahoma based on population. The county was originally created in 1907 from the western Saline District of the Cherokee Nation and named the ''Cooweescoowee'' District. However, the residents protested and the name was changed to Rogers County, after Clem Vann Rogers, a mixed-blood Cherokee rancher and father of Will Rogers.〔Thomas, Sarah C. ("Rogers County," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 5, 2015.〕 Rogers County is included in the Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== According to the ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', the Arkansas Band of the Osage Nation settled in the Three Forks area (the junction of the Arkansas River, Grand River and Verdigris River during the 1760s and established two villages called ''Pasuga'' and ''Pasona'' in what is now Rogers County. Pasona was near a mound on the Verdigris River called Claremore Mound. The name honored Chief Claremore (''Gra-mon'' or Arrow Going Home).〔 In 1828, Cherokee tribes exchanged their Arkansas land for an area that included present-day Rogers County that had been ceded by the Osage in 1825.〔 The area became the Saline District of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory and later the Cooweescoowee District.〔 Upon statehood, the county was created and designated Cooweescoowee County before being renamed Rogers County in honor of Clement Rogers.〔 Shortly after statehood, Eastern University Preparatory School was established on College Hill, just west of Claremore, Oklahoma.〔Paul B. Hatley, ( "Rogers State University," ) ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 5, 2015.〕 The Oklahoma Military Academy was established in 1919.〔 The academy was closed and Claremore Junior College was opened in 1971.〔 The state legislature renamed the institution Rogers State College and Rogers University before settling on Rogers State University in 1998.〔 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「Rogers County, Oklahoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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