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History · Washita

Washita’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Washita was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1961. Below: maps from 1951 on.

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How Washita began

When was Washita founded?

1910

The Washita post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 83116 years
Founding year: the first Washita post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Washita’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Washita are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Washita’s homes were built before 1961.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Washita’s history is told.

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The story so far

Washita, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Washita yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Washita is a rural community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Washita had a population of 83. It is located west of Anadarko on a bend in the Washita River. The post office opened April 16, 1910. A municipal electrical power generation plant for Anadarko is located in Washita. It is zoned to Anadarko Public Schools.

Its first post office opened in 1910.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Washita, 1910 to 1985

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910Post officeThe Washita post office opens
  3. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1985Post officeThe Washita post office closes
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Washita on the map, 1951 to 1979

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Washita. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Washita on the 1951 USGS mapWashita on the 1979 USGS map1951Fort Cobb sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Washita.

Famous people

Famous people close to Washita

Nobody well known was born in Washita itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lee PaceAmerican actor · b. 1979
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Jim ThompsonAmerican writer · b. 1906
Don McNeillUS tennis player · b. 1918
Barbara LawrenceAmerican writer and real-estate businessperson,… · b. 1930
Cleavon LittleAmerican actor · b. 1939
Kendra HornU.S. representative from Oklahoma · b. 1976
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Washita had its own post office from 1910 to 1985.

Washita
1910–1985
19101970today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Washita’s history

What year was Washita founded?

The Washita post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.