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Oklahoma County
Haskell County, Oklahoma
Tenkiller Ferry Lake and the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir corridor - from Lake Tenkiller's southern reaches (one of Oklahoma's clearest and most beautiful lakes - the Illinois River's Tenkiller Dam created a 12,900-acre reservoir in a dramatic Cherokee Hills canyon, with exceptional water clarity and bass fishing that attract divers, boaters, and anglers from across the region) to the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir on the Arkansas River navigation system (part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System that connected the Arkansas River to the Mississippi, making Muskogee and Fort Smith commercial ports) and Stigler's agricultural community.
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Office: Haskell County Emergency Management – 202 E Main St #8, Stigler, OK 74462 | (918) 967-4488
Related: Haskell County Emergency Services – 1304 E Industrial St, Stigler, OK 74462, (918) 967-2400.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: SH-9 and SH-82 meet at Stigler, the county seat, in southeastern Oklahoma, about 49 miles west of Fort Smith, Arkansas
Transit: Limited; primarily auto-dependent – confirm current regional options directly with the county.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Haskell County Courthouse – 202 East Main, Stigler, OK 74462 | (918) 967-2611
Notes: Contact the courthouse directly for current building permit requirements.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
County VSO: Haskell County Veterans Service Officer – Haskell County Courthouse, Stigler, OK
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Stigler-Haskell County Public Library – 410 NE 6th St, Stigler, OK 74462 | (918) 967-4801
Services: Part of the Southeast Oklahoma Library System; first opened May 31, 1968 on North Broadway, moved to a larger NE 6th Street building in 1985, and relocated to its current, much larger home in a remodeled Stigler Community Center in summer 2011.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: Haskell County is genuinely home to a substantial portion of Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma’s largest lake by water capacity and one of the state’s “Big Three” lakes, with 600 miles of shoreline and 102,000 surface acres spanning Haskell, McIntosh, Pittsburg, and Okmulgee counties; the county also borders the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir to its east, part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, giving Haskell County water frontage on two major Oklahoma reservoirs; the county seat, Stigler, has a genuinely colorful frontier founding story – it was established in 1889 by Joseph S. Stigler, a former U.S. deputy marshal who had once ridden for the infamous “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker of Fort Smith, Arkansas; Stigler originally named his dusty little Indian Territory cow town “Newman,” in honor of a friend, Dr. Newman, whom he had persuaded to relocate there in hopes that the presence of medical services would help attract more settlers; in 1893, to avoid postal confusion with Norman in Oklahoma Territory, the Post Office Department renamed the town Stigler, after its postmaster and founder; the founder’s son, William Grady Stigler, born in the original townsite of Newman and later buried in Stigler, went on to represent Oklahoma’s Second Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1944 to 1952; Haskell County was formally created at Oklahoma statehood in 1907, largely from land that had been part of Sans Bois County in the Choctaw Nation, and named for Charles N. Haskell, Oklahoma’s first governor; underground coal mining was a major early-20th-century economic driver, bringing railroad construction to the county’s southern reaches; today, tourism generated by Lake Eufaula and the Kerr Reservoir, alongside oil, gas, and light manufacturing, sustains much of the local economy, and the Choctaw Casino – Stigler offers gaming to visitors
Notes: Stigler’s genuine founding by a former deputy marshal who once rode for “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker – with a town name that changed to avoid confusion with Norman – is one of the more colorful frontier origin stories found anywhere in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
GIS Portal: Haskell County GIS – contact the Haskell County Courthouse for current parcel/GIS access
Parcel Search: Haskell County Assessor – Stigler, OK
Addressing/911: Coordinated through Haskell County Emergency Management
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Notes: No dedicated county-run animal shelter or animal control department was confirmed in available sources for Haskell County. Haskell County Animal Clinic, Highway 9 East of Stigler, (918) 967-2194, is a private veterinary practice (not a shelter). For strays or animal concerns, contact the Haskell County Sheriff’s Office. The nearest confirmed regional shelters are in larger Oklahoma cities such as McAlester or Muskogee – contact directly to confirm whether they accept intake from Haskell County residents.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Environmental Complaints: Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) – deq.ok.gov
Notes: Contact your specific municipality directly for current refuse collection and recycling program details.
NOTES
Haskell County is genuinely home to a major portion of Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma’s largest lake by capacity, and its seat, Stigler, was founded by a former deputy marshal who once rode for “Hanging Judge” Isaac Parker. All contact information above was sourced from official county, city, library, and courthouse pages as of this writing; phone numbers and hours should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit.
About Haskell County
Haskell County is eastern Oklahoma’s Arkansas River navigation and Cherokee Hills county – a community defined by the waterways that connect it to both Oklahoma’s natural recreation assets and the broader Mississippi River commerce system.
Stigler (the county seat, population ~2,700) serves the county’s governmental and commercial needs in the Arkansas River valley. The community’s agricultural economy – cattle, hay, and row crops – is supplemented by the recreation economy generated by the surrounding lakes and rivers.
The Robert S. Kerr Reservoir – part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System – opened the Arkansas River to commercial navigation, connecting inland Oklahoma to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Haskell County Assessor at 202 E. Main Street, Suite 4, Stigler, OK 74462, phone 918-967-3392. OK homestead assessed at 11% of fair cash value. Appeal to Board of Equalization.
Courts & Legal
Haskell County District Court at 202 E. Main Street, Stigler, OK 74462, phone 918-967-2884, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
202 East Ash St, Stigler, OK 74462
(918) 967-4434
COURT CLERK
202 East Ash St, Stigler, OK 74462
(918) 967-4653
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Haskell County District Court, Stigler (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
The 1931 Haskell County Courthouse, NRHP-listed, is a significant local landmark.
Local societies
No dedicated Haskell County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Haskell County District Court 202 East Main Street, Suite 9, Stigler, OK 74462 (918) 967-3323
Haskell County was founded in 1907, named for Charles N. Haskell (Oklahoma’s first governor), in southeastern Oklahoma, seated in Stigler. The 1931 Haskell County Courthouse, Art Deco in style, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Oklahoma has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code, maintaining its own probate statutes under Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Probate cases are handled by the District Court in each of Oklahoma’s 77 counties.
Small Estate Affidavit (58 O.S. § 393) – available when the total value of probate personal property (not counting real estate) is $50,000 or less. At least 10 days must have passed since death. This process skips court entirely: the affidavit is signed, notarized, and presented directly to whoever holds the asset (a bank, for example), along with a certified death certificate. Real estate can never be transferred this way – even a small estate with real property still needs some form of court proceeding.
Summary Administration – available when the total probate estate does not exceed $200,000, or when the decedent has been dead more than 5 years, or lived outside Oklahoma. This is an abbreviated form of probate – still court-supervised, but faster and less expensive than full administration.
Regular (Full) Administration – the standard court-supervised process, required for larger or more complex estates, or wherever real property is involved and the shortcuts above don’t apply. A personal representative (executor or administrator) is formally appointed by the court.
Step 2: filing for administration
A Petition for Probate is filed in the District Court of the county where the decedent resided; if there’s a will, the original is filed with the petition.
The court sets a hearing date and requires notice be given to heirs and interested parties.
The court appoints a personal representative (executor if named in a will, administrator if intestate) and issues Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration.
Creditors are notified; claims against the estate must be presented within the statutory period.
The personal representative inventories assets, pays valid debts and taxes, and distributes what remains according to the will or Oklahoma’s intestacy laws.
The estate is closed once a final accounting is filed and approved by the court.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by county – check with Haskell County directly for current fees.
Oklahoma has a statutory attorney fee schedule for probate, which provides more predictability than states without one.
No state estate tax, no state inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax could apply, and only to very large estates.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
202 East Ash St, Stigler, OK 74462
(918) 967-3323
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTION BOARD
202 East Ash St, Stigler, OK 74462
(918) 967-3327
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
502 East Ash St, Stigler, OK 74462
(918) 967-4685
Department of Human Services
202 East Ash St, Stigler, OK 74462
(918) 967-4666
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Haskell County Health Department – Stigler, OK
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County Facts
County Seat: Stigler
Population: 12,500
Established: 1907
Tier: 3
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