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Woodward County, Oklahoma

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
5historic places
—earliest paper
1893formed
20,470pop. 2020
27cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 5 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971. Most listings are in or near Woodward, Fort Supply.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oklahoma is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Woodward titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 5 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

5 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Fort Supply Historic DistrictFort SupplyDistrict1971
Stein, L. L., HouseWoodwardBuilding1983
Woodward Crystal Beach ParkWoodwardDistrict1988
Woodward Federal Courthouse and Post OfficeWoodwardBuilding2007
Woodward Theater, TheWoodwardBuilding2008

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Woodward was formed in 1893 (1893-09-16) from unknown / original county.

County N, which became WOODWARD, was created in Oklahoma Territory from part of the Cherokee Outlet.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Woodward County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

21k14k7,46918901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
7,4697,46914,66316,27014,38313,90221,17218,48620,470

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

27 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed
NameLatLon
Cedardale Cemetery36.32713-98.99786
Curtis Cemetery36.43559-99.13843
Dunlap Cemetery36.21902-99.1152
Elm Grove Cemetery36.23804-98.9742
Elmwood Cemetery36.41723-99.41427
Fairlawn Cemetery36.56395-99.5964
Fort Supply Hospital Cemetery36.57222-99.56222
Gnadenfield Cemetery36.3629-99.53841
Haskew Cemetery36.66703-99.20949
Highland Cemetery36.5344-99.10264
Keenan Cemetery36.27549-99.56902
Latlrop Cemetery36.58451-99.29967
Miller Cemetery36.30816-99.08531
Mooreland Cemetery36.45022-99.20356
Moscow Cemetery36.32743-99.21031
Nixon Cemetery36.76585-99.27736
North Chapel Cemetery36.31968-99.24688
North Persimmon Cemetery36.27521-99.31731
Persimmon Cemetery36.21731-99.21005
Prairie View Cemetery36.3768-99.37982
Red Top Cemetery36.49316-99.04079
Rest Haven Cemetery36.4349-99.53906
Richmond Cemetery36.20181-99.01048
South Persimmon Cemetery36.22811-99.34717
Stengemier Cemetery36.29707-99.44337
Union Cemetery36.42007-99.02389
Vonton Cemetery36.34855-99.29967

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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