Washita County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Washita County

Washita County, Oklahoma genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

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County Courthouse
Washita County Courthouse PO Box 380 Cordell, OK 73632-0380 Phone: 580.832-3548

Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court record from 1900

Parent County

 * 1892--Washita County was created in 1892 from Cheyenne-Arapaho Lands.
 * County seat: Cordell

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Beckham
 * Caddo
 * Custer
 * Kiowa

Lutheran
Bessie (Red Rock)
 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Bessie (Red Rock), in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Clinton
 * Records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Clinton, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Probate
Online Records
 * 1801 – 2008 Oklahoma Wills and Probate Records 1801-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1887 – 2008 Oklahoma Probate Records 1887-2008 at FamilySearch — images

Marriage

 * 1890–1995 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.