Roger Mills

Formed November 16, 1907 (66^th county)

Roger Mills County (3,439), Cheyenne (770)

The half-buried Modern courthouse of Roger Mills County was built in 1985.  The building is located at Broadway and L. L. Red Males (United States Highway 283) in downtown Cheyenne.  Horacek and Smith designed this red brick structure.  Since its founding on November 16, 1907, a 1917 courthouse and the current one have served the county both in Cheyenne, the only county seat.  Roger Mills County was the 66^th county and originally called County F.  It was named for Roger Q. Mills, United States Senator.  Cheyenne was named for the Native American tribe. 

Roger Mills County government consists of a treasurer, a sheriff, an assessor, and a clerk (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Seven District Court Judges serve Roger Mills, Beckham, Custer, Ellis, and Washita counties and a court clerk serves Roger Mills County (judicial.)  The county is in far west central Oklahoma on the border with Texas.  The county center is 4.9 miles North-Northeast of Cheyenne nearer Strong City.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Ellis, Dewey, Custer, and Beckham counties and Texas. 

The area of the county is 1142 square miles.  It is 13 out of 77 in the state.  It ranks 74 out of 77 in population in the state.  It has a density of 3.0 persons per square mile making it 75 out of 77 in the state.  Roger Mills County has 41.3% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 283 crosses north to south from Ellis County to Beckham County.  The county is rectangular with a cutout on the southeast corner.  The northern border is the Canadian River, which wanders west to east.  Cheyenne is slightly south of the county’s center.  Cheyenne is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 22.4% of the county population.