Washita County History
The area was settled originally in 1886, when John M. Seger, a white man, established a colony on the banks of Cobb Creek. The settlement being at the site of present-day Colony in eastern Washita County.
A part of the Cheyenne-Arapaho lands which opened to settlement in the Land Run of April 1892. Designated as County "H" before statehood, it was named Washita after the Washita River.
A US Naval Air Station was established at Burns Flat during World War II, but closed after the war. It was again reopened in 1950s as the Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base and then closed again in 1970s.
.
.
Visit our Neighbors
Beckham County
Caddo County
Custer County
Kiowa County
