| Agawam, Oklahoma | |
| Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
| Pushpin Map: | Oklahoma#USA |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oklahoma |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grady |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1240 |
| Population Total: | 35[1] |
| Population As Of: | 1960 |
| Coordinates: | 34.8733°N -97.9461°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1093811 |
Agawam is a ghost town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
Agawam was founded around 1909, when its post office was built; the post office closed in 1918.[2]
On 19 October 1915, two Rock Island Railroad trains collided head-on here, a southbound passenger train and a northbound freight train, resulting in seven fatalities and numerous injuries; engineer William Powell was blamed for the accident.[3]
In October 1922, it was announced that Agawam, located on the main line of the Rock Island Railroad, would become a shipping point for a gas field in Grady County, due to its location: four miles from the Oklahoma Gas Company's pumping station.[4] Agawam was described as a "new oil town" in 1923, when an auction of town lots was held.[5]
A gymnasium was completed in 1935. In 1955, Agawam had a grade school with a "small enrollment", but it was large enough to field a very good girls' basketball team that, over the course of three years, had amassed 90 wins against four losses, despite usually only having seven players.[6]