Greer County, Texas (historical)

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Greer County, Texas (historical) was a former Texas county in the late 19th century whose territory was later awarded to Oklahoma following a boundary dispute settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Greer County, Texas (historical) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county ⓘ
abolished 1896-05-04 ⓘ
areaClaimedBy State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas
areaLaterAwardedTo Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
borderDisputeInvolvedRiver Red River ⓘ
capital Mangum ⓘ
category Oklahoma–Texas border disputes ⓘ
Red River of the South ⓘ
former counties of Texas ⓘ
claimedUnderTreatyInterpretation Adams–Onís Treaty ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEstablished 1860-02-08 ⓘ
disputeBetween State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas

United States federal government ⓘ
disputeType boundary dispute ⓘ
dissolvedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishedBy Texas legislature ⓘ
linked to: Texas Legislature
governingBody Commissioners Court of Greer County, Texas ⓘ
historicalEra late 19th century ⓘ
historicalJurisdiction Fifth Judicial District of Texas ⓘ
largestSettlement Mangum ⓘ
legalCase United States v. State of Texas ⓘ
legalCaseCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
legalCaseDecisionDate 1896-03-16 ⓘ
legalCaseOutcome territory not part of Texas ⓘ
territory part of Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
locatedBetweenRivers North Fork of the Red River ⓘ
Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
locatedInRegion Red River Valley ⓘ
Southern Plains ⓘ
locatedInThePastIn Texas ⓘ
namedAfterPosition Lieutenant Governor of Texas ⓘ
Texas politician ⓘ
namedFor John A. Greer ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion Indian Territory borderlands ⓘ
linked to: Indian Territory
populationStatus sparsely populated frontier county ⓘ
predecessorOf Greer County, Oklahoma ⓘ
statusAfter1896 incorporated into Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
no longer part of Texas ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Beckham County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Greer County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Harmon County, Oklahoma ⓘ
Jackson County, Oklahoma ⓘ
territoryTransferredTo Oklahoma Territory ⓘ
transferImplementedBy Act of Congress of 1896 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas–Oklahoma state line → historicallyDisputedWith → Greer County, Texas (historical) ⓘ