This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1605.1 Message Board Post: McCurtain County was formed at statehood in 1907 from part of the Choctaw Nation. Here is a map of present day counties and Choctaw Nation Counties. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/images/h1/choctaw-nation.gif Immediately prior to statehood it was part of Indian Nation Recording District #24. Antlers was the District seat of government. It was composed of the present day counties of McCurtain, Choctaw and Pushmataha.