Binger, OK

Binger is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 438 residents. Binger is the headquarters of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, who were settled in the area during the 1870s. Binger was established immediately after the opening of the Wichita-Caddo Reservation in August 1901, and organized by the Washita Valley Townsite Company. A newcomer can read Binger through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Binger comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Binger was named for Binger Hermann, then Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office. Binger is located in northeast Caddo County in the valley of Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Washita River, part of the Red River watershed. U.S. Route 281 passes through the town, leading north 12 miles to Hinton and 16 miles to Interstate 40, and leading east, then south 20 miles to Anadarko.