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Cordell in Washita County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

Washita County Courthouse

 
 
Washita County Courthouse Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Armstrong, October 10, 2020
1. Washita County Courthouse Marker
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Construction Started 1910 - Completed 1911

Listed National Register of Historical Buildings in United States
State of Oklahoma Historical Society
1985
Floyd Craig - Mayor of Cordell
Washita County Commissioners
Gene Etris · Alfred Miller · Raymond Hoefar
 
Erected 1985 by Oklahoma Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1985.
 
Location. 35° 17.466′ N, 98° 59.405′ W. Marker is in Cordell, Oklahoma, in Washita County. It is at the intersection of East Main Street and South College Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street. The marker is located on the southwest corner of the grounds of the Washita County Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 E Main Street, Cordell OK 73632, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Kiowa Tribe and in Southwest Oklahoma. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western
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World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comancherνa, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Flame of Freedom (a few steps from this marker); Washita County (within shouting distance of this marker); Coming of the White Man (within shouting distance of this marker); Coming of the Indians (within shouting distance of this marker); Cordell Academy (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cordell, Okla. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Red Bluff Community Church and School (approx. 5.2 miles away); Tacola/Cloud Chief School (approx. 8.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cordell.
 
Washita County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jason Armstrong, October 10, 2020
2. Washita County Courthouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 408 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 13, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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