Cloud Chief, Oklahoma

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Cloud Chief, Oklahoma
Nickname: "Tacola"
Location in the State of Oklahoma
Coordinates: °′N °′W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Washita County
Incorporated
Area
- City	km²
Population
- City ()
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-7)

Cloud Chief is a small community in Washita County, Oklahoma. The townsite was platted in April, 1892, as Tacola. The Cloud Chief post office was established in March and Cloud Chief was designated by the U.S. Congress as the county seat of H County, Oklahoma Territory. In 1900 the county citizens voted to move the county seat to Cordell and Congress approved the move in 1906. The Cloud Chief school closed in 1960 and the post office in 1964. It was named for Cloud Chief, one of the Southern Cheyenne chiefs who had negotiated with the United States under provisions of the Dawes Act for opening the Cheyenne-Arapaho Reserve to settlement.

[edit] External links

• http://home.aol.com/okscotland/CloudChief.html Cloud Chief Informational Website
• http://hometown.aol.com/okscotland/history.html Cloud Chief History Website
• http://members.tripod.com/mccornack/drive52.html Information about Cloud Chief Monument
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 35.25250° -98.84280°
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