Agawam was founded around 1909, when its post office was built; the post office closed in 1918.[2]
On 19 October 1915, two Rock Island Railroad trains collided head-on here, a southbound passenger train and a northbound freight train, resulting in seven fatalities and numerous injuries; engineer William Powell was blamed for the accident.[3]
In October 1922, it was announced that Agawam, located on the main line of the Rock Island Railroad, would become a shipping point for a gas field in Grady County, due to its location: four miles from the Oklahoma Gas Company's pumping station.[4] Agawam was described as a "new oil town" in 1923, when an auction of town lots was held.[5]
A gymnasium was completed in 1935. In 1955, Agawam had a grade school with a "small enrollment", but it was large enough to field a very good girls' basketball team that, over the course of three years, had amassed 90 wins against four losses, despite usually only having seven players.[6]
agawam, oklahoma, agawam, ghost, town, grady, county, oklahoma, ghost, townshow, oklahomashow, united, statescoordinates, 873278, 946389, 873278, 946389countryunited, statesstateoklahomacountygradyelevation1, time, zoneutc, central, summer, gnis, feature, id10. Agawam is a ghost town in Grady County Oklahoma Agawam OklahomaGhost townAgawam OklahomaShow map of OklahomaAgawam OklahomaShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 34 52 23 8 N 97 56 47 0 W 34 873278 N 97 946389 W 34 873278 97 946389CountryUnited StatesStateOklahomaCountyGradyElevation1 240 ft 380 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT GNIS feature ID1093811 1 History EditAgawam was founded around 1909 when its post office was built the post office closed in 1918 2 On 19 October 1915 two Rock Island Railroad trains collided head on here a southbound passenger train and a northbound freight train resulting in seven fatalities and numerous injuries engineer William Powell was blamed for the accident 3 In October 1922 it was announced that Agawam located on the main line of the Rock Island Railroad would become a shipping point for a gas field in Grady County due to its location four miles from the Oklahoma Gas Company s pumping station 4 Agawam was described as a new oil town in 1923 when an auction of town lots was held 5 A gymnasium was completed in 1935 In 1955 Agawam had a grade school with a small enrollment but it was large enough to field a very good girls basketball team that over the course of three years had amassed 90 wins against four losses despite usually only having seven players 6 Agawam s population was 35 in 1960 7 References Edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Agawam historical Grady County Oklahoma Genealogy Trails Towns and Townships genealogytrails com Retrieved June 29 2021 Seven Killed When R I Trains Meet Waco Morning News October 20 1915 via Newspapers com Agawam Will Be Shipping Point The Chickasha Daily Express October 5 1922 p 8 Retrieved June 29 2021 via Newspapers com N A The Chickasha Daily Express January 31 1923 p 8 Retrieved June 29 2021 Agawam Girls Season Good Chickasaw Daily Express March 17 1955 via Newspapers com Oklahoma World Book Encyclopedia Vol N O Field Enterprises Educational Corporation 1960 p 544 External links EditAgawam on GhostTowns com This Oklahoma state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This United States ghost town related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agawam Oklahoma amp oldid 1166383886, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
