Fort Washita
Fort Washita is the former United States military post and National Historic Landmark located in Durant, Oklahoma on SH 199. Established in 1842 by General Zachary Taylor to protect citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the Plains Indians, it was later abandoned by Federal forces at the beginning of the American Civil War.Photo: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silo.
Silo
Village
Silo is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Silo had a population of 384. Silo is situated 6 miles southeast of Fort Washita.
Fort Washita
- Type: Protected area
- Description: Bryan County, Oklahoma
- Categories: fort and historic site
- Location: Bryan, Oklahoma, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.10223° or 34° 6′ 8″ northLongitude
-96.54689° or 96° 32′ 49″ westOpen location code
86654F23+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 722074752OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5472267
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In Other Languages
“Fort Washita” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن واشيتا”
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