Corn, Oklahoma
small town in Oklahoma, USA
Corn is a town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Corn had a population of 592.
Geography
Corn is located 13 miles northeast of Cordell in west-central Oklahoma.
The U.S. Census Bureau, reports that the town has a total area of 0.357 square miles (0.92 km2), all land.
History
Origins of the town name
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. As a result of anti-German sentiment during World War I, the name of the town was permanently changed from Korn to Corn.
Founding and early years
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.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2247638. VIAF identifies the subject as 146877113. The Library of Congress control number is no95025789. Authority coordinates are 35.379, -98.782. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1892.
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