The distance from Cache to Washington DC is 1294 miles. The distance to the Oklahoma state capital is 86 miles (as the crow flies). Cache is positioned 34.62 degrees north of the equator and 98.61 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Cache had it’s beginnings in 1901, like many other towns in the southwestern part of Oklahoma when the federal government opened the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache tribal lands to settlement. In it’s beginnings Quanah Parker, the last chief of the Comanches (Quahada branch) could be seen almost daily in or around Cache. The town was originally to have been named Quanah, but the U.S. Postal service nixed the idea, because they already

Cache has excellent schools, one high school, one junior high, and one elementary school. It has two banks, a modern new post office, and new housing developments. It has grown steadily, especially in recent years because of it’s close proximity to Lawton (county seat) and Ft. Sill Army Base.

Other Articles on the History of Cache, OK

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