Kusa, Oklahoma

Kusa is a populated place located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma,[1][2] about 4 miles east-northeast of Henryetta.

[7] The population grew to a size of about 3,500, making it the largest town in the county at one point.

[4] While coal mining was the major draw,[4] the town was the site of a 47-acre horizontal retort smelter which processed zinc ore beginning in 1915, but ending in 1928.

[8] Brickmaking grew up in the 1920s spurred by the need to make the construction grade bricks, fireclay retorts, and clay condensers that were used in the zinc smelting operation; but, those facilities were cleared by 1949.

[6] The town's incorporation was eventually dissolved,[4] and nothing is now left of the original buildings except foundations, although some people still live in the area.