Conjugating towns

Oklahoma has two tenses of the same Latin verb.

Vinco is a settlement just south of Perkins on the bank of the Cimarron. It has a small leftover grid of streets, probably from an original townsite that never quite jelled. Grandpa lived in Stillwater and bought his cars from Charlie Cheatham, an aptronymic used car dealer in Vinco.

Vici (pron Vie Sigh) is out west near Woodward, and is a real town with proper businesses and residential areas. Google gives its current population as 612. The 1940 WPA guide to Okla gives its pop as 617. That’s stability!