Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Cotton County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Botsford Tribune (Botsford, Okla.)1902-1902
- Cotton County News (Devol, Cotton County, Okla.)1918-19??
- Cotton County Times (Randlett, Okla.)1912-191?
- Cotton County Worker (Walter [i.e. Walters], Okla.)1914-????
- The American (Randlett, Okla.)1922-19??
- The Cotton County Democrat (Walters, Cotton County, Okla.)1914-1920
- The Cotton County Enterprise (Walters, Okla.)1920-1922
- The Cotton County News (Walters, Okla.)1931-19??
- The Devol Dispatch (Devol, Comanche County, Okla.)1909-1918
- The Devol Review (Devol, Cotton County, Okla.)1918-1923
- The McKnight Leader (McKnight, Cotton County, Okla.)1901-190?
- The New Era (Walter, Comanche County, Okla.)1904-1908
- The Temple Tribune (Temple, Comanche County, Okla.)1902-1975
- The Walter Democrat (Walter, Comanche Co., Okla.)1901-1904
- The Walter New Era (Walter, Comanche County, Okla.)1908-1920
- The Walter Record (Walter, Comanche County, Okla.)1906-1906
- The Walter World (Walter, Comanche County, Okla.)1903-190?
- The Walters Herald (Walters, Cotton County, Okla.)1922-1923
- The Walters Herald (Walters, Oklahoma)1925-Current
- The Walters Herald and Times (Walters, Cotton County, Okla.)1923-1924
- The Walters Journal (Walters, Okla.)1907-1914
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Cotton County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk, the court clerk and the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- The county clerk
Deeds and other land records.
- The court clerk
Marriage licenses, probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.
- The Oklahoma Historical Society
In Oklahoma City: Native American records, including Dawes Commission records, and county records and newspapers.
- Oklahoma Historical Society Research Centerfree
The state historical society's research center in Oklahoma City: Native American records, county records and newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Oklahoma, Cotton" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Comanche County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Comanche County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1912, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Before statehood in 1907, Oklahoma was two territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. For Native American ancestors, the Dawes rolls and enrollment cards at the National Archives and the Oklahoma Historical Society are key.