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===Origins of the town name=== The word {{Lang|de|Korn}} itself is a German word translated in English as 'grain'.<ref name=Linguee>{{cite web|title=Linguee Dictionary - grain|url=http://www.linguee.com/english-german/translation/grain.html|website=Linguee Dictionary|publisher=Linguee GmbH|accessdate=January 25, 2016}}</ref> Several sources confirm that the town settled by German immigrants received its name because its first post office was located in (or near) a corn field.<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile for Corn, Oklahoma, OK|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=15687|website=ePodunk|accessdate=January 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name=GAMEO-Corn/> As a result of [[anti-German sentiment]] during [[World War I]], the name of the town was permanently changed from ''Korn'' to ''Corn''.<ref name="korn">{{cite web|last1=Heinrichs|first1=Don| title=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Corn|url=http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CO060|website=The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=January 23, 2016}}</ref>
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