Editing Seminole County, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
Seminole County has been an important part of the Oklahoma and United States petroleum industry for over 80 years. The Greater Seminole Field was one of the most important oil fields ever found and is still producing.<ref name="seminole"/> Discovered one field after another in 1926, it contained an estimated {{convert|822000000|oilbbl}} of oil.<ref>''Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry,'' Appendix 13</ref> To group the fields together, the oil companies decided to come up with a name, and this was suggested by Paul Hedrick, oil editor of the ''[[Tulsa World]].'' Early oil discoveries in the area were the [[Wewoka, Oklahoma|Wewoka oil field]] and Cromwell oil field, both discovered in 1923. Then, on July 16, 1926, the Fixico No. 1 well reached the Wilcox sand at 4073 feet, bringing in the Seminole City Field. Located within the Greater Seminole area are 6 of Oklahoma's 22 giant oil fields, including Earlsboro, St. Louis, Seminole, Bowlegs, Little River, and [[Allen, Oklahoma|Allen]]. Total production from the Greater Seminole area from 1926 to 1936 was 702,157,800 barrels, or 18% of all production in Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Welsh |first1=Louise |last2=Townes |first2=Willa Mae |last3=Morris |first3=John W. |title=A History of The Greater Seminole Oil Field |date=1981 |publisher=Oklahoma Heritage Association |isbn=0865460310 |pages=3–21, 56, 72}}</ref>

The Maud field, discovered in 1927 by Amerada Petroleum, was the first discovery using [[reflection seismology]].<ref>''Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry,'' p. 40</ref> This marked the beginning of the use of modern geophysical methods in the petroleum industry.

The [[Seminole County Courthouse (Wewoka, Oklahoma)|Seminole County Courthouse]] was built in 1927.