Noble

Formed January 1, 1893 (18^th county)

Noble County (10,925), Perry (4,489)

The masonry and concrete construction of the 1915 Classical Revival courthouse stands out in the city square.  It is located at the Delaware and 13^th Streets one block east of United States Highway 77.  J. W. Hawk planned this structure.  There is a statue of two Sooners on the courthouse grounds.  Veteran memorials and a canon are also on the grounds.  There was a previous courthouse in Perry built in 1898 and Perry has been the only county seat.  These are the only ones in the county since its beginning on January 1, 1893 as the 18^th county.  The county was originally known as County P.  Noble County was named for John W. Noble, United States Secretary of the Interior.  Cherokee Strip Commissioner J. A. Perry is the source for the county seat’s name. 

Noble County government consists of a treasurer, a sheriff, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Four District Court Judges serve Noble and Payne counties and a court clerk serves Noble County (judicial.)  The county is in north central Oklahoma, north of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and east of Enid, Oklahoma.  The county center is 19 miles Northeast of Perry nearer Red Rock.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Kay, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Logan, Garfield, and Grant counties. 

The area of the county is 732 square miles.  It is 48 out of 77 in the state.  It ranks 53 out of 77 in population in the state.  It has a density of 14.9 persons per square mile making it 54 out of 77 in the state.  Noble County has 56.9% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 35 crosses north to south from Kay County to Payne County.  United States Highway 64 enters from Pawnee County, southeast, and exits west into Garfield County.  United States Highway 77 parallels Interstate Highway 35 from Kay County but turns to the southwest to enter Logan County.  United States Highway 177 crosses the eastern half of the county from Kay County into Payne County.  United States Highway 412 enters from Payne County, crosses east-to-west, joins United States Highway 64, and exits into Garfield County.  The Arkansas River forms the northeast border of the county.  The county is shaped like a fat C with a leg on the southwest.  Perry is in the southwest quarter of the county.  Perry is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 41.1% of the county population.