[4] In 1892, the Jerome Commission began enrolling the Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches to prepare for the opening of their reservation to settlement by whites.

Dennis Flynn, the territorial representative to the U. S. Congress, proposed holding a lottery for opening the reservation.

He argued successfully that the lottery would be safer and more orderly than land runs used earlier.

The new county became defunct in 1911, after the Oklahoma Supreme Court voided the change.

[6] The county is largely composed of flatlands, although the southern border is covered by the Washita Mountains.

[5] The North Fork of the Red River serves as the southern and western boundaries of Jackson County.

Water bodies include Lake Altus-Lugert which impounds the North Fork of the Red River,[7] and Tom Steed Reservoir on Otter Creek.