Walters
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The county seat of Cotton County is Walters, which was established on December 9, 1901. It was originally named McKnight, after a Major McKnight, who was the government registrar of the land office in Lawton. That name lasted only a few months. One group called the town Walters, named after William R. Walter, who was a prominent local resident and one of the three original town site commissioners. However, the post office and train depot were officially known as Walter. An Act of Congress on June 23, 1917, officially changed the name of the post office to Walters.
 

Other Communities

Other communities in Cotton County are Cookietown, Devol, Fivemile Corner, Hooper, Hulen, Randlett, Taylor, and Temple.  Many thanks to Linda Garrison with the Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society (and longtime Walters resident) for the above history.  If you are planning a trip to Walters to do research in the court house, the only motel in Cotton County is the Sands Motel in Temple.  There is a larger selection of hotels and motels in Lawton, within 25 miles north of Walters.   Geographic Names Information System Query Results
 
 

Feature Name			Latitude	Longitude	7.5' x 7.5' Map
Cookietown	OK Cotton	pop pl	341630N	0982711W	Cookietown
Devol	OK Cotton	pop pl	341145N	0983523W	Devol
Fivemile Corner	OK Cotton	pop pl	342144N	0981334W	Temple
Hooper	OK Cotton	pop pl	340933N	0981025W	Hooper
Hulen	OK Cotton	pop pl	343014N	0981316W	Letitia
Randlett	OK Cotton	pop pl	341038N	0982748W	Randlett
Taylor	OK Cotton	pop pl	341025N	0981951W	Taylor
Temple	OK Cotton	pop pl	341619N	0981408W	Temple
Walters	OK Cotton	pop pl	342135N	0981827W	Walters

  Towns of Old 

This table includes a link to every map on which were found each town.  If an entry in the Township Map column shows a link to only the Township & Range, then that town does not actually appear on the current map but is found out in which township and sometimes which section it was in from other sources.  Created By Sharon McAllister