Editing Wanette, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The first settlement took place in 1868, when two settlers from [[Kansas]] built a two-story cabin. Other settlers followed. The community had several different names before a post office named Wanette opened on March 19, 1894. In 1903, the town moved one mile north to be on the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] line between [[Newkirk, Oklahoma|Newkirk]] and [[Pauls Valley, Oklahoma|Pauls Valley]]<ref name = "EOHC-Wanette">[http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=WA017 Beverly Mosman, "Wanette," ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''.]  Accessed May 21, 2012.</ref>

By 1907, Wanette had a population of 739. The population peaked at 783 in 1920. The local economy was based on agriculture. Discovery of the Wanette-Asher oil field aided the economy during the 1930s, but did not prevent a population decline. The town still has an agricultural base, but by the beginning of the 21st Century had become a bedroom community for people working in [[Moore, Oklahoma|Moore]], [[Norman, Oklahoma|Norman]] and [[Oklahoma City]].<ref name = "EOHC-Wanette"/>