Pontotoc County is in the south central part of
Oklahoma. As of the
2010 census, the population was 37,492. Its
county seat is
Ada. The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in
Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi. According to the
Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Pontotoc is usually translated "cattail prairie" or "land of hanging grapes."