Welcome to Waurika ...The city of Waurika is located in Jefferson County<1> and is the County Seat for Jefferson County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Waurika, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Waurika has a population of 1,878 people<2> (see below for details). Waurika is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Waurika lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Waurika: 580 The ZIP code for Waurika: 73573<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Waurika had an population of 1,878 people. This is a decrease of 9.01% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.53% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Waurika had a population of 2,064 people (which is 32.06% of the total population of Jefferson County). This makes Waurika the county's most populous community. The population of Waurika represents 0.06% of the total population of Oklahoma (which has 3,751,351 people), making it the state's 144th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,064 people, the population of Waurika increased 3.82% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,988 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Waurika. Communities near Waurika ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waurika.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Waurika. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waurika. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waurika. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waurika. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waurika. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Waurika. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waurika ...Looking for more information about Waurika? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Waurika, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Waurika. Adding Waurika to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Waurika in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Waurika was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Waurika. Footnotes ...
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