Corn, Oklahoma
| Corn, Oklahoma | |
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| Town | |
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 Location of Corn, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates: 35°22′43″N 98°46′55″W / 35.3787092°N 98.7820174°WCoordinates: 35°22′43″N 98°46′55″W / 35.3787092°N 98.7820174°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| County | Washita |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.357000 sq mi (0.924627 km2) |
| • Land | 0.357000 sq mi (0.924627 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,578 ft (481 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 503 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 506 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (540/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 73024 |
| Area code(s) | 580 |
| FIPS code | 40-17300 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1091690 |
Corn is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 503 at the 2010 census.
Corn, Oklahoma is located 13 miles northeast of Cordell in west-central Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, its geographic coordinates are 35°22′41″N 98°46′55″W / 35.37806°N 98.78194°W (35.3787092, -98.7820174).
The U.S. Census Bureau, reports that the town has a total area of 0.357 square miles (0.92 km2), all land.
The word "Korn" itself is a German word translated in English as "grain". Several sources confirm that the town settled by German immigrants received its name because its first post office was located in (or near) a corn field. Due to anti-German sentiment during World War I, the name of the town was permanently changed from "Korn" to "Corn".
The town of Corn, or Korn - as it was spelled at that time - was originally settled by German-speaking Russian Mennonites. Around the time of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Land Run of 1892, Mennonite missionary John J. Kliewer, who was stationed at nearby Shelly Indian Mission, invited fellow Mennonites from Kansas to homestead lands left unclaimed by Cheyennes and Arapahos. Sixteen Mennonite families staked homestead claims in 1892. By 1893, forty families had settled in the area.
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