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In Oklahoma, incorporated municipalities may petition for dissolution [1] or be declared dissolved after missing two concurrent municipal elections [2] (held April of odd numbered years). Platted unincorporated communities do have some right under the laws of Oklahoma that non-platted communities do not enjoy.
The Washita Basin Project is a project in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.The project provides a municipal and industrial water supply to seven Oklahoma towns. The project also provides over 3,500 acres of land and 7,300 acres of water surface for recreation and provides over 6,300 acres of land and over 5,500 acres of water surface for wildlife management, including the Washita National Wildlife ...
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Washita is a rural community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. [2] It is located west of Anadarko on a bend in the Washita River. The post office opened April 16, 1910. [3] A municipal electrical power generation plant for Anadarko is located in Washita. It is zoned to Anadarko Public Schools. [4]
Washita County is located in that part of western Oklahoma which was included in County H of the Territory of Oklahoma, an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian territory and admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma. [3]
By 1900, Davis had 57 businesses, two banks, 10 doctors, three dentists, and three lawyers. [4] Cotton farming was a common occupation in Davis, which was in one of the best cotton producing sections in Oklahoma. [4] Later, when U.S. Interstate 35 was constructed, it was built two miles to the west of Davis. [4]
In 1904, the Oklahoma Territorial Supreme Court ruled that the county seat must return to Cloud Chief. A Cordell attorney, Sam Massengale, traveled to Washington, where he lobbied for a bill to make Cordell the official county seat. The bill passed the U. S. Congress in 1906. [5] The county courthouse was destroyed by a fire in 1909.
The following is a list of lakes in Oklahoma located entirely (or partially, as in the case of Lake Texoma) in the state. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Oklahoma has more than 200 lakes created by dams. All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes ...