Avard, Oklahoma
human settlement in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States of America
Avard is a current settlement and former incorporated town located in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States. It is southwest of Alva, and northeast of Waynoka. As of the 2020 census, the community had 11 residents. After initial growth, Avard began declining in the 1930s.
History
The post office was first established in Avard on June 1, 1895 and the town was incorporated in 1904 where the tracks of the Frisco, extending westward from Enid, tied into the line of the Santa Fe. The town was named for Isabell Avard Todd, the wife of Robert Todd. The town was served by the Southern Arkansas Railway (Santa Fe) and Arkansas Valley and Western Railroad (Frisco).
Avard had mercantile establishments, two hotels, a bank, a livestock auction, and an elevator. A weekly newspaper, the Avard Tribune operated from 1904 to 1918. It was a major cattle shipping point for the area.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Avard, Oklahoma” as human settlement in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Woods County, Oklahoma, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2573086. Authority coordinates are 36.699, -98.790. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1895, 1904 and 1918.
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This entry incorporates text from “Avard, Oklahoma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.