Abandoned Record
About Wirt
Wirt is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States, approximately three miles west of Healdton. First called Ragtown because of the tents the oil workers lived in when the petroleum boom started, the town was formally named after Wirt Franklin, who was in the oil business and drilled the first local well.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Wirt, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Wirt is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Wirt
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1901 Addington sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Ardmore sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Ardmore sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1974 Ringling sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Ardmore sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Wirt
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Wirt": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Wirt, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q22083247.
- USGS GNIS 1099928.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).