 kiowa county is a county located in the southwestern part of the u.s. state of oklahoma. its county seat is hobart. as of the 2010 census, the population was 9,446. this was a 7.6 percent decline from 10,227 at the 2000 census.censusviewer:population of kiowa county, oklahoma. retrieved january 17, 2014. ==history== 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. individuals could register at offices in lawton, oklahoma or el reno. 165,000 individuals registered for 13,000 160-acre claims. the drawing was held august 6, 1901. after the opening, the area was designated as kiowa county in oklahoma territory. the town of hobart, named for vice president garrett a. hobart, was designated as county seat.cole, burna. encyclopedia of oklahoma history and culture. "kiowa county." retrieved january 16, 2014. kiowa county, oklahoma was formed at statehood in 1907. by 1908, residents of the southern part of the county were already agitating for a new county to be formed. in 1910, governor charles n. haskell proclaimed that parts of kiowa and comanche counties would become the new swanson county. the new county became defunct in 1911, after the u. s. supreme court voided the change. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.56%) is water.{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=united states census bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=us gazetteer files: 2010, 2000
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