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Chickasha / ˈ tʃ ɪ k ə ʃ eɪ / is a city in and the county seat of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 16,051 at the 2020 census , a 0.1% increase from 2010. [ 5 ] The city is named for and strongly connected to Native American heritage, as "Chickasha" ( Chikashsha ) is the Choctaw word for Chickasaw .
Grady County, Oklahoma. / 35.02°N 97.89°W / 35.02; -97.89. Grady County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,795. [ 1] Its county seat is Chickasha. [ 2] It was named for Henry W. Grady, an editor of the Atlanta Constitution and southern orator. [ 3]
Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaw Nation ( Chickasaw: Chikashsha I̠yaakni) is a federally recognized Native American tribe with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States. They are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, originally from northern Mississippi, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Kentucky, and western Tennessee. [4]
September 9, 2001. The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma ( USAO) is a public liberal arts college in Chickasha, Oklahoma. It is the only public college in Oklahoma with a strictly liberal arts –focused curriculum and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. [ 4] USAO is an undergraduate-only institution and grants ...
Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation. Coordinates: 34.360°N 97.627°W. Pickens County was a political subdivision of the Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory from 1855, prior to Oklahoma being admitted as a state in 1907. The county was one of four that comprised the Chickasaw Nation. Following statehood, its territory was divided among ...
southeast of Chickasha, Oklahoma. • coordinates. 34°58′37″N 97°51′34″W. / 34.9769°N 97.8594°W / 34.9769; -97.8594. The Little Washita River is situated generally between Chickasha and Lawton in southwestern Oklahoma. [1] Its watershed comprises about 236 square miles (611 square kilometers) over parts of Caddo, Comanche ...
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. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region.
U.S. Route 81 ( US-81) is a north–south U.S. highway running through the central United States' Great Plains region, from Fort Worth, Texas to the U.S.–Canadian border at Pembina, North Dakota. A 229.28-mile (368.99 km) segment of the highway lies within the state of Oklahoma. US-81 crosses the Red River from Texas south of Terral, passing ...