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Naming Dispute
- When
- 1893
- Where
- Grant County
A dispute arose over the town's name before its founding, with Whiteville and Wakita as competing options.
Prior to the town's founding in 1893, local figures disagreed on its name. The postmaster and the first general store owner preferred Whiteville, while Marshall Herbert John Green proposed Wakita, honoring a Cherokee chief.
Sources
- Wakita, Oklahoma Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-09
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