Washita County Courthouse
Cordell, Oklahoma
 
 
     
 
 
 Completed - 1911
 Architect - Layton, Smith, & Hawk
Photos: Robert Deering 9/14/2021
 
 
 
1902 Courthouse
in Cordell
 

1898 Courthouse
in Cloud Chief
COUNTY ORGANIZED: On April 19, 1892, the federal government introduced non-Indian settlement into this region in a land run known as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Opening. This expanded Oklahoma Territory, and officials designated most of present Washita County as County H. The secretary of the interior allocated Tacola, which soon became Cloud Chief, as the county seat.  In 1900 Cordell, located near the county's exact center, wrestled the county seat designation from Cloud Chief in an election.
COUNTY NAMED FOR:  The Washita River. The name is from two Choctaw words, owa and chito, meaning "big hunt."

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Post Office employee Wayne W. Cordell.

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1898 frame building in Cloud Chief; 1902 and 1911 structures in Cordell. 

STANDING: One - 1911 Courthouse
RENOVATION: Completed in 2014

ADDRESS:  101 E Main Street, Cordell, Oklahoma

Washita County Jail