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Created
on land that was once part of the Creek Nation, Payne was one of the
first counties established in Oklahoma Territory by the Organic Act in
May 1890. It was first designated as the Sixth County, but was later
named
to honor Boomer leader David L. Payne. The county was part of the
territory settled during the Land Run of 1889. Payne County's
topography of rolling plains lies mostly within the Sandstone Hills
physiographic region, and the western part of the county lies within
the Red Bed Plains. The Twin Mounds, limestone-topped hills lying east
of Ingalls, is the most noticeable feature. The Cimarron River is the
primary waterway, draining most of the county via its own smaller
tributaries and Stillwater Creek and
its tributaries
Mulhall School in 1905