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Cardin

Ghost town · Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Picher quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000)
Picher quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cardin is a ghost town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, recorded as human settlement in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States of America. It is one of 7 former communities in Ottawa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 44 Oklahoma counties with a vanished settlement on record.

At its height the population reached about 3.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cardin as a historical populated place on the Picher topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.9726° N, 94.8488° W.

Key facts

Peak population3
Last recorded population3
USGS quadranglePicher
Elevation814 ft
Nearest living townCommerce, OK
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1090958
Coordinates36.97257, -94.84884

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What's there now

Cardin is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Commerce, OK (population 2,259), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 814 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

A view of the downtown of the former town of Cardin, Oklahoma
A view of the downtown of the former town of Cardin, Oklahoma · Tim Dowd / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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Questions

Where is Cardin?

Cardin is in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, at 36.9726, -94.8488.

How many ghost towns are in Ottawa County?

Ottawa County, Oklahoma has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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