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Wirt is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States,[1] approximately three miles west of Healdton.[2] First called Ragtown because of the tents the oil workers lived in when the petroleum boom started,[2] the town was formally named after Wirt Franklin, who was in the oil business[3] and drilled the first local well.[2] The community post office began operations on December 12, 1914.[3] At its peak, the town had a school, movie theater, bank, drug store, two gas stations, two churches, and two groceries.[2] But the town burned several times, and the population declined when the oil boom ended.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wirt, Oklahoma
  2. ^ a b c d e "Wirt". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965, p.224.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirt,_Oklahoma