Editing Delaware County, Oklahoma (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|792|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|54|sqmi}} (6.8%) are covered by  water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_40.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 19, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The county lies on the western slope of the [[Ozark Plateau]]; no oil, gas, or mineral resources of economic consequence are present, but the county has abundant water.<ref name="EOHC-DelCo"/>

[[Lake Eucha]], a man-made reservoir on Spavinaw Creek, completed in 1952, lies primarily within Delaware County. [[Grand Lake o' the Cherokees]], completed in 1940, and [[Spavinaw Water Project|Lake Spavinaw]], completed in 1924, are partly within Delaware County. The [[Neosho River]] and the [[Elk River (Oklahoma)|Elk River]] drain the northern part of the county, while [[Flint Creek (Arkansas/Oklahoma)|Flint Creek]] and the [[Illinois River (Oklahoma)|Illinois River]] drain the southern part.<ref name="EOHC-DelCo"/>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 59 (Oklahoma)|U.S. Highway 59]]
* [[Image:US 60.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 60 (Oklahoma)|U.S. Highway 60]]
* [[Image:US 412.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Highway 412 (Oklahoma)|U.S. Highway 412]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 10.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 10 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 10]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 20.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 20 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 20]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 25.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 25 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 25]]
* [[Image:Oklahoma State Highway 28.svg|20px]] [[State Highway 28 (Oklahoma)|State Highway 28]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Ottawa County, Oklahoma|Ottawa County]] (north)
* [[McDonald County, Missouri]]  northeast)
* [[Benton County, Arkansas]] (east)
* [[Adair County, Oklahoma|Adair County]] (south)
* [[Cherokee County, Oklahoma|Cherokee County]] (south)
* [[Mayes County, Oklahoma|Mayes County]] (west)
* [[Craig County, Oklahoma|Craig County]] (northwest)