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Before the town's founding in 1898, there was a dispute over the right to name the town.

The owner of the First General Store, owned by the " White " family, pushed for the town to be named Whiteville.

Shortly after his proposal, Deputy U. S. Marshall Arthur Green motioned the town be named after a Cherokee Chief named Wakita ( pronounced Wok-ih-taw ).

Some believe that Green wanted to name the town in the Chief's honor because of a protective spell supposedly cast to protect the area around the town from tornadoes for a time span of 100 years.

This is why Wakita was used in the Hollywood blockbuster Twister, because of the paradox created between the spell and the movie setting.