Travelok.com Custer County

Projects:

Projects not research

  • Butler Community Center – Butler-Custer
  • Butler Elementary School and Addition – Butler-Custer
  • Butler Sewer System – Butler-Custer
  • Sewage Plant-Clinton
  • Sewage Disposal Plant-Custer City
  • Sewer System and Disposal Plant-Custer City
  • Community Center-Custer City
  • McClure Public School -Hammon (vic)
  • Moorwood Community Building-Hammon (vic)
  • Moorwood Public School -Hammon (vic)
  • Sewage Disposal Plant-Thomas
  • Independence Public School -Thomas (vic)
  • Jefferson School and Coal House-Thomas (vic)
  • Fish Hatchery-Thomas (vic)
  • Black School-Weatherford
  • Brick and Hollow Tile Library-Weatherford
  • SW College Recreation Building-Weatherford
  • Gyp Hill Public School-Weatherford
  • Swimming Pool and Bath House-Weatherford

Custer County Courthouse Information

Custer County Courthouse
P.O. Box 300
Arapaho, OK  73620
Telephone:  (580) 323-1221

Directions:  On B St. & Broadway St.

Libraries in Custer County

Clinton Public Library
721 Frisco
Clinton, OK  73601
Telephone: (580) 323-2165
  Hazel Cross Library
115 W. Broadway
Thomas, OK  73669
Telephone: (580) 661-3532
     
Weatherford Public Library
219 E. Franklin
Weatherford, OK  73096
Telephone: (580) 772-3591
Email: weatherford.public@wplibs.com
   

Museums and Historic Socities

WESTERN OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL CENTER (WOHC)
Cedar School and Research Center
520 West Main, Weatherford OK 73096
Phone: 580-772-7283

Statistics

Custer % on Relief Dec 31, 1934 24%
Land in Sq. Miles 1940 Total Population Percent of State
1920 1930 1940 Percent of Increase/Descrease
1920-1930 1930-1940 1920-1940 1920 1930 1940
999 18,736 27,517 23,068 -31.9% 19.3% -23.12% 0.92% 1.15% 0.99%
County Seat: Arapaho % of gainful workers 4.6%
Number of Gainful Workers Class A – Persons out of a job, able to work, and looking for a job. Class B – Persons having jobs but on lay-off without pay, excluding those sick or voluntarily idle. Class A & B Totals
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
9,130 362 345 17 59 48 11 421 393 28

Notes

Weatherford 1898 – 1998 book

WPA Projects

  • High School addition
  • Post Office 1936 ($67,00)
  • Armory
  • Swimming pool 1938 ($30,000)
  • two city parks – now Clark and Means parks
  • $1,000 grant to cover expenses of a school lunch program
  • United States Forest Service employed 700 people to plant shelter belts