These schools would be granted at least 80 acres (32 ha), and be overseen by Oklahoma's Board of Agriculture.

In the First Judicial District, Warner, Oklahoma vied with Muskogee as the school location.

The school was named in honor of John P. Connors, the Board of Agriculture's first president.

In 1941, the school was put under the oversight of newly created Oklahoma State System of Higher Education.

[3] In 2015 Connors State College open a brand new building at its Port Campus in Muskogee.