McIntosh County is named for the McIntosh family, who were Creek Native Americans.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Okfuskee County and Muskogee County
E – Muskogee County
S – Haskell County and Pittsburg County
W – Hughes County, Okfuskee County and Okmulgee County
Created: July 16, 1907 
County Seat:
Eufaula 1907 – present
County Courthouse – Eufaula
Location: 110 North 1st Street / Foley Avenue
Built: 1926 – 1927
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: Layton, Hicks and Forsyth
Contractor: Tankersley Construction Company
Description: The building faces south and is a three story red colored brick and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of Eufaula. The south front projects from the main building and has brick dividers between the three large windows on the second and third stories. The central section of the other three sides of the building also project slightly. Above is a horizontal header and a cornic runws between the first and second stories. The building has small square and diamond shaped stone decorations above the second story windows. A long canopy extends from the building on the south and east sides. The roof line is flat. The building houses the County District Court of the 18th Judicial District.
See: The architect, Layton and Forsyth ( and associated firms ), designed courthouses in Beckham County, Carter County, Craig County, Creek County, Grady County, Greer County, Harmon County, Jefferson County, Muskogee County, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma County, Pittsburg County and Washita County.
See:: National Register of Historic Places – McIntosh County Courthouse
See: The 18th Judicial District includes Pittsburg County.
History: Before 1907, a courthouse was located in two buildings in Eufaula on the southeast corner of 1st Avenue and Foley Avenue and on the northeast corner used for court. The county was created in 1907 and Checotah was selected as the county seat. In same year, a two story building on Main Street near Foley Avenue was rented for use as the first courthouse. Eufaula won the election and was declared the county seat in 1909. The courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1925. The county used rented premises until the second and present courthouse was constructed in 1926 to 1927.
Note: Much dissension occurred after statehood between Eufaula and Checotah because both towns wanted the county seat. In 1908 a large group of armed men boarded the train at Checotah and came to Eufaula with the intention of forcibly moving the county seat. The Checotah people returned home empty handed.
County Courthouse – Eufaula
Photos taken 2010