Geography of Lawton
Lawton, Oklahoma, the seat of Comanche County, in the southwestern part of the state. Lawton is a manufacturing city and a trade center for an area producing cotton, wheat, cattle, and oil.
Cameron University is in Lawton. Nearby is Fort Sill, a U.S. Army post. On the post are a field artillery center, a museum, and the grave of the Apache leader Geronimo. West of Lawton is the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, which has Texas longhorns and herds of buffalo, elk, and deer.
Lawton was settled and incorporated in 1901, on the opening of Indian lands in the area to settlers. It was named after General Henry W. Lawton.
Population: 92,757.