Waurika

Historical marker location:

Waurika, Oklahoma

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 70 and Meridian Street, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 70.)

Marker installed: 1956

Waurika is the only county seat located in Oklahoma on the 98th Meridian. The post office was opened on June 28, 1902. The west side of town was the Kiowa-Comanche reservation, part of Oklahoma Territory, while land east of the line was Pickens County in the Chickasaw Nation.