Braithwaite, Oklahoma

Ghost town in Oklahoma, United States

35°22′25.18″N 99°3′3.03″W / 35.3736611°N 99.0508417°W / 35.3736611; -99.0508417CountryUnited StatesStateOklahomaCountyWashitaElevation

1,590 ft (485 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code580GNIS feature ID1100233^[1]

Braithwaite is a ghost town in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. Nothing currently remains there, besides a rail depot.^[2]^[3]

Geography

Braithwaite was 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Bessie, Oklahoma,^[4] and 9 miles (14 km) from the county seat of New Cordell, Oklahoma.^[5]

History

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1920	31		—
1940	25		—

Braithwaite was established in 1907, four miles west of Bessie. It was named for J.S. Braithwaite, a stockholder of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.^[4] The new town of Braithwaite on the Orient's main line was announced in October 1907;^[6] Braithwaite was platted that year.^[7] The new town was soon home to a drugstore,^[8] among other businesses.

Braithwaite's post office was established on October 7, 1910.^[4]

The Braithwaite schoolhouse was completed in November 1916, with classes set to begin that December.^[9]

Braithwaite's population in 1920 was 31.^[10]

The Braithwaite post office was discontinued on January 31, 1923.^[11]

Parts of the Braithwaite School District were ceded to the Burns Flat School District in 1931. Further portions of the Braithwaite School District were ceded to Burns Flat in May 1933, August 1938, and October 1939. The remaining portions of the Braithwaite school district were merged into the Burns Flat School District on July 16, 1947.^[12]

Braithwaite's population was 25 in 1940.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Braithwaite, Oklahoma
^ "Braithwaite, Oklahoma (Dragging Main)". YouTube. January 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
^ "Braithwaite, Oklahoma (Google Maps)". Google Maps. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shirk, George H. (January 1, 1987). Oklahoma Place Names. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8061-2028-7.
^ ^a ^b The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 770. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
^ "Orient May Buy It". The Orlando Clipper. October 11, 1907. p. 6. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ "Localics". The Herald-Sentinel. Cordell, OK. July 25, 1907. p. 1. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ "Arapaho". The Custer County Chronicle. November 8, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ "Black Items". The Cordell Beacon. November 16, 1916. p. 2. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 242. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ "Oklahoma Notes: News From All Sections of the State". The Gotebo Gazette. February 15, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
^ "Ten Annexations Form Burns Flat". The Cordell Beacon. Cordell, OK. February 28, 1952. p. 5. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.