Verden is a town in western Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. It abuts the Caddo County line, and is probably best known as the site of the 1865 Camp Napoleon Council. The population was 580 at the 2020 census, an increase from 530 in 2010.
History
A rural community called "Cottonwood Grove" began to emerge near the present site of Verden before the Civil War. It was on the eastern edge of the Kiowa and Comanche reservation that was established by the Medicine Lodge Treaty, that was made with the U.S. government in 1867. A stage stop was established at Cottonwood Grove for travelers en route from Boggy Depot to the Kiowa Agency, Fort Sill, and Fort Cobb. The land around the community, outside the reservation, belonged to the Half Moon Ranch, owned by W. G. "Caddo" Williams. His son-in-law, Charles Campbell, owner of the 7BC Ranch, and E. B. Johnson bought the Half Moon around 1900.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Verden had a population of 508. The median age was 38.2 years. 27.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 86.8 males age 18 and over.
There were 196 households in Verden, of which 39.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 48.5% were married-couple households, 15.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
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| White || 426 || 83.9%
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| Black or African American || 1 || 0.2%
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 41 || 8.1%
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| Asian || 0 || 0.0%
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
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| Some other race || 4 || 0.8%
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| Two or more races || 36 || 7.1%
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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 35 || 6.9%
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2000 census
As of the census He built the Verden Separate School on his own property in 1910 as a school for black children. The school building was rediscovered by historians in 2004 and restored and relocated to nearby Chickasha.