It was created from southern Kiowa County and western Comanche County on August 13, 1910, after a special election, but dissolved after a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court overturned the election in 1911.

They claimed that Mountain Park lacked a public water system, fire protection and suitable office space for county government.

A rainstorm that soaked official county documents seemed to prove their point.

On September 5, 1910, a group from Snyder simply removed the records to their town.

A group of Mountain Park supporters retaliated by invading the homes of county officials and arresting these men at gunpoint.