U.S.COUNTIES WITH THE SAME NAME AS THEIR STATE

IOWA COUNTY, IOWA

NEW YORK COUNTY (MANHATTAN), NEW YORK

OKLAHOMA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

HAWAII COUNTY, HAWAII (LARGEST COUNTY IN LAND AREA IN THE U.S.)

ARKANSAS COUNTY, ARKANSAS

IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO (LARGEST COUNTY IN LAND AREA IN IDAHO)

UTAH COUNTY, UTAH

FIRST PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES NAMED "TEXAS".

The first place in the United States named Texas was Texas County, Missouri, which was organized and named ten months before the Republic of Texas was admitted as a state in the union. Houston is the county seat of Texas County, Missouri. It was founded in 1857 and named after Sam Houston. Texas County is the largest county by area in Missouri, but Houston is not its largest city. Houston is the second largest city in the county. The largest city is Cabool, which was named after the capital of Afghanistan by a railroad engineer who thought Missouri looked like Afghanistan, where he had earlier worked on a British railroad project. In a somewhat related matter, Texas County, Oklahoma (named after the State of Texas) is the second largest county by land area in Oklahoma, and the State of Texas (aka "Baja Oklahoma")is the second largest state by land area in the U.S.

CIMARRON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

Cimarron County is the westernmost county in Oklahoma. Cimarron County is the only county in the United States that borders four states; Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas. Cimarron County is also the only county in the United States to border 5 different counties from five different states (one from each of the four aforementioned states, plus one in Oklahoma and a second county in Texas). Cimarron County borders: ·         Baca County, Colorado (north) ·         Morton County, Kansas (northeast) ·         Texas County, Oklahoma (east) ·         Dallam County, Texas (south) ·         Sherman County, Texas (southeast) ·         Union County, New Mexico (west) A location 300 yards east of US 287-385 and 1.75 miles south of the Cimarron River is the only place in the U.S. that is less than 27 miles from 4 different states; 26.99 miles from Kansas, New Mexico and Texas and 7 miles from Colorado.

OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING

The Oklahoma State Capitol, located at 2300 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City is the only state capitol grounds in the United States with active oil rigs. The capitol building is directly atop the Oklahoma City Oil Field.

OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITOL BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY