[4] Cotton County is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma metropolitan area.

In 1906, the remainder of the present county, then known as the Big Pasture was opened through a sealed bid process.

[4] In 1934, corn had dwindled and winter wheat, cotton and oats had become the primary crops.

[4] Its creeks and streams drain to the southeast into the Red River, which borders the county on the south.

The county's economy has long revolved around agriculture, specifically crops such as cotton and wheat and livestock such as cattle and poultry.

[4] The southern portion of the county had Devol refineries, pumping stations, and pipelines.

[4] A large retail outlet, Temple's B & O Cash Store, shipped merchandise nationwide, before being bought by Sears and Roebuck in 1929 and later closed in 1954.

[4] In 1997 the county held 69,988 cattle and ranked eleventh in the state for poultry sold.

[4] Cotton County is the main setting for the Animal Planet documentary series Hillbilly Handfishin'.