Haskell County, formed in 1907 and named in honor of the state's first governor, Charles N. Haskell, is located in eastern Oklahoma and calls Stigler its county seat.
The Canadian River and Arkansas Rivers form part of the northern county line with Muskogee County while the remainder of the line meanders through Robert S. Kerr Lake. Additional recreational opportunities can be found in the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge near Tahama and in the Sansbois Mountains along the southern county line with Latimer County.
Historic sites of interest include the Otter Creek Archeological Site near Keota, the Haskell County Courthouse in Stigler and the Edmund McCurtain House near Kinta.
The county population on July 1, 1999, was 11,421, an increase of 481 over the 1990 census.
