Washita County

Washita County, Oklahoma

Washata county was named after the Washita River

Established: 1897 ^[1]
County Seat: Cordell, Oklahoma 73632
Area: 1,004 mi² (2,600 km²)
Population: 10,924 ^[2]
Region: Great Plains Country
Weather: NWS Norman
Info: Wikipedia
History: Oklahoma Historical Society

Ben Kiehn Memorial

Erected by the Oklahoma state bankers association as an expression of their regard for their fellow member as a man of honor and integrity. On Jan 24, 1928 he gave his life to the cause of law …

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Black Post

Black Post Early Day Landmark.

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Cloud Chief Courthouse

Site of first Washita County court house Cloud Chief, originally Tacola, served as the first county seat. Area settled by land run April 19, 1892. August 7, 1900, citizens voted to move co…

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Cloud Creek

Washita County Home of American's First Upstream Flood Control Dam Cloud Creek #1 Washita River Basin Dedicated July 8, 1948 Rededicated July 3, 1990 Cloud Creek Dam NO. 1 L…

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Colony

Colony One of the oldest towns in Western Oklahoma founded in 1886 by John Seger and the Cheyenne-Arapaho on the banks of Cobb Creek. Seger Indian Industrial School operated here from 1892 …

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Cordell Academy

Site three blocks east. Opened in 1906, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Churche, this pioneer school taught the youth here in Christain living. Its motto was "Labor omnia vicit." Presiden…

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Foss

The town was est. in 1900 and town charter was granted in 1901. It was named for the Cordell post master who was instrumental in the founding of the town and post office. About the same tim…

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Korn to Corn

Corn has it roots in the Cheyenne-Arapaho Land Run of 1892. Native Americans had earlier been able to choose their sites. Soon after a Mennonite Missionary at Shelly Took note of unclaimed la…

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New Cordell Courthouse Square Historical District

Cordell Historical District The structures, built of brick with a typical clipped front of a corner building of the period, was one of the first brick buildings built in Cordell.

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Port School

Port School 1915 - 1922 By the fall term of 1892-93, 31 school districts had been organize in "H," now Washita Co. Wood district 3, containing 10.25 sq. mi., which was the beginning of the …

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Red Bluff Community Church and School

Red Bluff Church and School first opened in 1900. The church was the first missionary Baptists in Washita County; functioning until 1946. The Red Bluff School also served the community unti…

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Retrop

Dedicated to the pioneers who settled this community whose perseverance and courage enabled them to survive the hard times of drought and dust bowl days give us a heritage in which we take gre…

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Rocky School Memorial

Rocky School Memorial. Includes information on the History of Rocky, Orange Blossom, Rocky Public School, Rocky Cooperative, and The State Bank of Rocky.

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Seger Colony

4 mi. N. Begun by Cheyenne and Arapho in 1886. under U.S. supervisor. John H. Seger. the Indiands friend and Oklahoma pioneer. Seger Indian Industrial School opened there, 1893. Mission f…

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Sharon Missionary Baptist Church

Sharon Missionary Baptist Church Land Donated By Prairie Pioneers B.E. and Virginia Grant Bryant January 7, 1910 Original Church 1909-1950 Present ChurchBuilt 1951 Great Seal of T…

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Tacola / Cloud Chief School

Tacola / Cloud Chief School Created in 1892, Tacola school met in a dugout until 1894 when a 30' x 50' bldg. was built 1/2 mi. SW of this marker. In 1918, the school was moved to a new bldg…

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Washita County Courthouse

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Washita County Museum

Museum dedicated to preserving the history of Washita County, Oklahoma. Over 10,000 items on exhibit. Also available is genealogical research items. Museum is housed inside the old Carnegi…

County information from Wikipedia.
Population from U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.