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Seminole County has been an important part of the Oklahoma and United States petroleum industry for over 80 years. The Greater Seminole Field was one of the most important oil fields ever found and is still producing. Discovered one field after another in 1926, it contained an estimated 822,000,000 barrels of oil. To group the fields together, the oil companies decided to come up with a name, and this was suggested by Paul Hedrick, oil editor of the Tulsa World. Early oil discoveries in the area were the Wewoka oil field and Cromwell oil field, both discovered in 1923. Then, on 16 July 1926, the Fixico No. 1 well reached the Wilcox sand at 4073 feet, bringing in the Seminole City Field. Located within the Greater Seminole area are 6 of Oklahoma's 22 giant oil fields, including Earlsboro, St. Louis, Seminole, Bowlegs, Little River, and Allen. Total production from the Greater Seminole area from 1926 to 1936 was 702,157,800 barrels, or 18% of all production in Oklahoma.
The Maud field, discovered in 1927 by Amerada Petroleum, was the first discovery using reflection seismology.[6] This marked the beginning of the use of modern geophysical methods in the petroleum industry.
The Seminole County Courthouse was built in 1927.
Adjacent Counties
Communities
- Bowlegs
- Cromwell
- Konawa
- Lima
- Maud
- Sasakwa
- Seminole
- Wewoka (County Seat)
- Wolf
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