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Washita -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 11508
Housing Units (2000): 5452
Land area (2000): 1003.345856 sq. miles (2598.653727 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.726238 sq. miles (14.830887 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1009.072094 sq. miles (2613.484614 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.303199 N, 99.033340 W
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Housing Units (2000): 5452
Land area (2000): 1003.345856 sq. miles (2598.653727 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.726238 sq. miles (14.830887 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1009.072094 sq. miles (2613.484614 sq. km)
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 35.303199 N, 99.033340 W
Headwords:
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Washita, OK
Washita County
Washita County, OK
Washita, OK
Washita County
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Wikipedia
Washita
Washita may refer to
- Washita River
- Washita County, Oklahoma
- Washita, Arkansas, Montgomery County, Arkansas
- Washita, Oklahoma, Caddo County, Oklahoma
- Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
- Washita National Wildlife Refuge, Custer County, Oklahoma
- Washita Recreation Site, Montgomery County, Arkansas
- Battle of Washita River
- Fort Washita, Bryan County, Oklahoma
- Little Washita River, Grady County, Oklahoma
Usage examples of "washita".
Creek, the Haybox Fight, Washita, Slim Buttes, Palo Duro Canyon, Rosebud, Bear Creek, Wounded Knee.
To give just a few examples, anywhere from 70 to 600 Cheyenne may have been killed in the Sand Creek massacre of 1864, about 103 Cheyenne were slaughtered at Washita in 1868, 250 Shoshoni were murdered at Bear River in 1863, and perhaps 146 Sioux at Wounded Knee in 1890.
Against my counsel, the Blennerhassetts packed all their belongings: they would go with us to the Washita Lands and there await the conquest of Mexico.
I might as well get word to Fort Washita, halfways there, whilst I'm at it.