Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: social studies (Noun). The study of history, geography, civics, sociology, economics, and other social-science subjects, especially in primary and secondary school.
Hoyt, Kansas. Hoyt is a city in Jackson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 669.
Cushing is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 7,826 at the 2010 census, a decline of 6.5 percent from 8,371 at the 2000 census. The city was established after the Land Run of 1891 by William Billy Rae Little. It was named for Marshall Cushing, private secretary to U.S. Postmaster General John Wanamaker. An oil boom that began in 1912 led to the city's development as a refining center.