page_title: Love County, Oklahoma
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Love County, Oklahoma / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Water tower in Love County, Oklahoma, located along Interstate Highway 35
context_page_description: Love County is a county on the southern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,423. Its county seat is Marietta. The county was created at statehood in 1907 and named for Overton Love, a prominent Chickasaw farmer, entrepreneur and politician.
  For tourism purposes, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism includes Love County in 'Chickasaw Country'. Love County is also part of the Texoma region.
context_section_description: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 532 square miles (1,380 km²), of which 514 square miles (1,330 km²) is land and 18 square miles (47 km²) (3.5%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Oklahoma by land area.
  Love County is within the Red River Plains physiographic region, with a rolling to hilly topography. The Red River and its tributaries Simon Creek, Walnut Bayou, Hickory Creek and Mud Creek drain the county. Lake Murray is on the northeastern border and Lake Texoma is on the southern border.
caption: Water tower in Love County
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