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Preston: Government & Civic

Preston's civic structure: Preston operates as an cdp (unincorporated). Sits in U.S. Congressional District 2. Municipal code published via municode. Nearest courthouse: Okmulgee County Courthouse (6.1 mi away). Federal spending in the surrounding county runs $8,822 per resident ($0.3B FY2024).

City Hall & Contacts

Contacts · Governing Body · Typecounty_fallback
Contacts · Governing Body · County NameOkmulgee County
Contacts · City Hall PhoneSee county website
Government Structure · Government Type0 - CDP (unincorporated)
Government Structure · Government NamePRESTON
Municipal Code · Publishermunicode
Municipal Code Publishermunicode
Municipal Code URLhttps://library.municode.com/ok/preston-cdp-oklahoma

Sources: Census Govt Units + municipal websites · Inferred from Census place type in full_name · Municode/eCode360 directory scrape — matched by state + place FIPS  ·  Refreshed 2026-04-12

State Representation

Federal and state legislative representation: U.S. Congressional district, U.S. Senators, and state legislative districts. Officials change with elections.

State Legislative Districts · Upper Chamber40008
State Legislative Districts · Lower Chamber40024

Sources: NCES school state legislative district assignment

Federal Representation

Federal and state legislative representation: U.S. Congressional district, U.S. Senators, and state legislative districts. Officials change with elections.

Senators (2)

James Lankford
R · 2015
Markwayne Mullin
R · 2023
Congressional District · District2
Congressional District · Congress118th

Sources: NCES school congressional district assignment

Voting & Eligibility

State Campaign Finance · Total Contributions37,462,783.69
State Campaign Finance · Total Transactions1,605,845
State Campaign Finance · Num Committees5
State Campaign Finance · Cycle2,024
State Campaign Finance · Per Capita9.46 (vs Oklahoma $7,371)
Voting · Citizen Voting Age Pop128
Voting · Citizen 18Plus128
Voting · Eligible Voter Pct77.6%

Sources: FEC API schedule_a/by_state — aggregated by state · Census ACS — citizen voting age population

Justice & Courts

Court infrastructure — county courthouses + nearest state/federal courts. Distance reflects driving miles to the nearest courthouse.

Nearest Courthouse · NameOkmulgee County Courthouse
Nearest Courthouse · CityOkmulgee
Nearest Courthouse · Distance6.1 mi

Sources: HIFLD Courthouses  ·  Refreshed 2026-04-12

Disaster History

Federal Disaster Declarations (33)

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
April 2024 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4776-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 2022 · Major disaster declaration · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4657-OK
Severe Winter Storms
February 2021 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4587-OK
Severe Winter Storm
February 2021 · Emergency declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · EM-3555-OK
COVID-19 Pandemic Federal Disaster
January 2020 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance only (institutional reimbursement) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4530-OK
COVID-19 Emergency
January 2020 · Emergency declaration · Public Assistance only (institutional reimbursement) · EM-3462-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
April 2019 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4453-OK
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 2019 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4438-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 2017 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4324-OK
Severe Winter Storms And Flooding
December 2015 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4256-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 2015 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4222-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 2013 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-4117-OK
Severe Storms And Flooding
April 2011 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1988-OK
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
January 2011 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1985-OK
Severe Winter Storm
January 2011 · Emergency declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · EM-3316-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds
May 2010 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1917-OK
Severe Winter Storm
January 2010 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1883-OK
Severe Winter Storm
December 2009 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1876-OK
Severe Winter Storm
January 2010 · Emergency declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · EM-3308-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
March 2008 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1752-OK
Severe Winter Storms
December 2007 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1735-OK
Severe Winter Storms
December 2007 · Emergency declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · EM-3280-OK
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
August 2007 · Major disaster declaration · Individual Assistance to residents · DR-1718-OK
Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
June 2007 · Major disaster declaration · Individual Assistance to residents · DR-1712-OK
Severe Winter Storms
January 2007 · Major disaster declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · Hazard Mitigation grants available · DR-1678-OK
Severe Winter Storms And Flooding
January 2007 · Emergency declaration · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · EM-3272-OK
Extreme Wildfire Threat
November 2005 · Major disaster declaration · Individual Assistance to residents · incident type: fire · DR-1623-OK
Henryetta Fire
January 2006 · Public Assistance to local agencies (no Individual Assistance) · incident type: fire · FM-2616-OK
Hurricane Katrina (hosted evacuees, no local impact)
August 2005 · Emergency declaration · hosted federal evacuees (no local impact) · EM-3219-OK
Severe Storms And Tornadoes
May 2003 · Major disaster declaration · Individual Assistance to residents · DR-1465-OK
+ 3 more

Federal Spending

Federal dollars flowing to the surrounding county — grants, direct payments, contracts, loans (USAspending.gov).

Federal Spending · Federal Spending Fy2024$323,830,453
Federal Spending · Per Capita8,822.28 (vs Oklahoma $7,371)
Federal Spending · Population36,706 people (vs Oklahoma 63,420)

Sources: USAspending API

Other

County Officials (4)

Entry Level Study
Sheriff · corpus://westvirginia/preston-county · L1_corpus
Entry Level Study
Sheriff · corpus://westvirginia/preston-county · L1_corpus_v2
Entry Level Study
Sheriff · https://prestoncountywv.gov/preston-sheriff-department/ · L1_corpus_v3
Teresa Tennant
County Clerk · https://www.prestoncountyclerkwv.com/about_us/ · www.prestoncountyclerkwv.com
Live Links · Weather Forecasthttps://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=35.709017&lon=-95.991168
Live Links · Weather Alertshttps://alerts.weather.gov/search?point=35.709017,-95.991168
State Fiscal · Gdp Billions214
State Fiscal · Fed Taxes Paid Per Capita8,423
State Fiscal · Fed Spending Received Per Capita$12,318
State Fiscal · Balance Per Capita3,895
State Fiscal · Net RecipientYes

Sources: NWS API — built from school coordinates · Public fiscal data compilation