Anadarko

Anadarko is a city in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 6,645 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Caddo County. Anadarko got its name when its post office was established in 1873. The designation came from the Nadarko Indians, a branch of the Caddo, and the "A" was added by clerical error. In 1871, the Wichita Agency was reestablished on the north bank of the Washita River after being destroyed in the Civil War. The Wichita Agency administered the affairs of the Wichita, Caddo and other tribes. In 1878, the Kiowa-Comanche Agency at Fort Sill was consolidated with the Wichita Agency. In 1901, the Federal Government allotted the lands of the Kiowa, Comanche and Arapaho Reservations, and opened the surplus...