Washunga, Oklahoma
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Washunga is a small community and ghost town in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. Washunga was named for the leader of the Kaw Indians in the late 19th and early 20th century. The word means "bird"
Kay County in 1911, showing Washunga. The Kaw Reservation was all the land in the county east of the Arkansas River.
Washunga, the Kaw chieftain.
Newkirk, Oklahoma
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Newkirk is a city in and the county seat of Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,172 at the 2020 census.
Washunga, Oklahoma
…Lake was completed. Washunga was covered by its waters. The Kaw Agency building was moved a few hundred yards and the Washunga cemetery was moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma…
Kay County Courthouse (2010)
Main street looking north, Newkirk, Oklahoma (1907)
Main Street looking north with grain elevator in background (2011)