Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency

Ghost town · Canadian County, Oklahoma

Darlington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1893, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency is a ghost town in Canadian County, Oklahoma. It is the only former community in Canadian County recorded on the federal names register, out of 101 across Oklahoma.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency as a historical populated place on the Fort Reno 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 35.5722° N, 98.0197° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Fort Reno
Elevation	1,325 ft
Nearest living town	El Reno, OK
Distance to it	3.9 miles
GNIS feature ID	2438092
Coordinates	35.57222, -98.01972

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What's there now

Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is El Reno, OK (population 17,919), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,325 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Alpha
ghost town · Kingfisher County · 21.1 mi
Whisler
ghost town · Oklahoma County · 23.6 mi
Zion
ghost town · Kingfisher County · 33.6 mi
Buffalo Springs Stage Station
ghost town · Garfield County · 43.2 mi
Indianapolis
ghost town · Custer County · 47.4 mi
Agawam
ghost town · Grady County · 48.5 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.