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The park was established in 1960 on 273 acres (110 ha) transferred from the Missouri Highway Commission. Its name "Wakonda" was taken from an Osage Indian word meaning something consecrated or spiritual. Further land purchases by the state included a 777-acre (314 ha) tract added to the park in 1992. [6]
In the U.S. state of Missouri both state parks and state historic sites are administered by the Division of State Parks of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. As of 2017 the division manages a total of 92 parks and historic sites plus the Roger Pryor Pioneer Backcountry , which together total more than 200,000 acres (81,000 ha). [ 1 ]
Waconda Lake, also known as Glen Elder Reservoir, is a reservoir in Mitchell County and Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1][5] Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for flood control and irrigation, it is also used for recreation. Glen Elder State Park is located on its north shore.
Trail of Tears State Park is a public recreation area covering 3,415 acres (1,382 ha) bordering the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. The state park stands as a memorial to those Cherokee Native Americans who died on the Cherokee Trail of Tears. [5] The park's interpretive center features exhibits about the Trail of Tears as ...
A campsite at the Wakonda State Park campground in La Grange, Missouri, in summer. Date: 18 August 2017, 18:25: Source: Wakonda State Park Campground, La Grange, Missouri: Author: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Wakonda Beach State Airport in Waldport, Oregon; Wakonda, South Dakota, a town in the U.S. state of South Dakota Wakonda Variety, historic place in the South Dakota town; Wakonda State Park in the U.S. state of Missouri; Ships. USS Wakonda, a proposed United States Navy tugboat that was never built, the contract for her construction being ...
Wakonda State Bank. / 43.00849°N 97.10728°W / 43.00849; -97.10728. The Wakonda State Bank, later the Wakonda Public Library, is a historic bank building at 118 Ohio Street in Wakonda, South Dakota. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 due to being a rare surviving local example of early 20th-century ...
The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.06. 27.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64 and 26.7% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males.