Corn (Oklahoma, USA)
Corn, Oklahoma, located in the northeast corner of Washita County, owes its start to the Mennonite Church (General Conference Mennonite), built that the growing number of Mennonite members might have a common place to worship.
In 1894 Peter Bergman donated part of his land for a Mennonite church. A sod church was built, a dugout with a low sloping roof and sides made of sod. Benches were made of cottonwood from local trees.
The name Korn, as it was spelled originally, was given to the town by a government agent who came out to select a site for a post office. Because a patch of corn was located in the vicinity, the town was named Korn. During World War I the spelling was changed to Corn, and has remained that way to this day.
Corn was the center for four Mennonite communities in the mid-1950s, of which two were Mennonite Brethren and two General Conference Mennonite. Wheat-raising was the major industry, though along the Washita River, four miles to the west, feed and cotton were grown extensively. Corn has a public school and high school, and also the Corn Bible Academy under the auspices of the Mennonite Brethren Church.
| Author(s) | Henry Hege |
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| Date Published | 1953 |
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Hege, Henry. "Corn (Oklahoma, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Corn_(Oklahoma,_USA)&oldid=63080.
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Hege, Henry. (1953). Corn (Oklahoma, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Corn_(Oklahoma,_USA)&oldid=63080.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 710. All rights reserved.
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