Oklahoma's Second Congressional
District

Oklahoma's Second Congressional
District covers approximately the eastern one-fourth
of the state. The district borders Kansas (to the north),
Missouri and Arkansas (to the east), and Texas (along
the Red River, to the south). Altogether, the district
includes (in whole or in part) a total of 24 counties.
The district includes the remainder of Rogers County
(including the county seat of Claremore) that is not
taken by District 1, and then, also, all of the following
counties: Nowata, Craig, Ottawa, Mayes, Delaware, Cherokee,
Okmulgee, Muskogee, Sequoyah, Okfuskee, McIntosh, Haskell,
LeFlore, Hughes, Pittsburg, Latimer, Coal, Atoka, Pushmatah,
McCurtain, Choctaw, Bryan and Johnston.
Some of the principal cities in the
district include Miami, Claremore, Muskogee, Tahlequah,
Okmulgee, McAlester and Durant.
The northern half of district 2 includes
most of the area of Oklahoma referred to as Green Country,
while the southern half of the district includes a part
of Oklahoma often referred to as Little Dixie.
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