Wyandotte, OK

Wyandotte is a town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 488 residents. The town is the tribal headquarters of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, for which the town was named. The Wyandotte tribe was removed to this area in 1867. A newcomer can read Wyandotte through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Wyandotte comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. In the mid 1920s, Wyandotte was nationally known for having an all-female city government due to changes in the electorate of the town after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Wyandotte is located 12 miles southeast of Miami.