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History · Fidelis

Fidelis’ post office opened in 1890, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Fidelis was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Its Register listing is the Fidelis School. Below: maps from 1943 on.

1890first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Fidelis began

When was Fidelis founded?

1890

The Fidelis post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Catawba (1900), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 137136 years
Founding year: the first Fidelis post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Fidelis’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fidelis are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fidelis’s history is told.

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The story

How Fidelis came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fidelis.

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Fidelis was originally founded as Semper Fidelis (latin for "always faithful") in the latter half of the nineteenth century. A post office was established in 1890, however, it would close the following year. A predecessor school to Fidelis School, called Semper Fidelis, would be established in 1897.

Fidelis historically had an agricultural economy, being home to Noah Hopkin's Cotton Gin, several gristmalls, and numerous farms. Fidelis was also the site of the McLean Sawmill.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Fidelis, 1890 to 1943

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Fidelis post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Fidelis post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1900Post officeThe Catawba post office opens
  6. 1924Post officeThe Catawba post office closes
  7. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Fidelis on the map, 1943 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fidelis. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fidelis on the 1943 USGS mapFidelis on the 1978 USGS mapFidelis on the 1994 USGS map1943Jay sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fidelis.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Fidelis

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Fidelis School
Fidelis School
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Fidelis SchoolBuilding · listed 2021

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Fidelis

Nobody well known was born in Fidelis itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Kevin Stitt28th governor of Oklahoma · b. 1972
Bubba WatsonAmerican professional golfer · b. 1978
Daniel EwingAmerican basketball player · b. 1983
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Mark EverettAmerican track and field athlete, middle-distan… · b. 1968
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Randy AllenAmerican basketball player · b. 1965
Boo WeekleyProfessional golfer · b. 1973
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Fidelis had its own post office from 1890 to 1891. Another post office, Catawba, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fidelis
1890–1891
Catawba
1900–1924
18901960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

BerrydaleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Fidelis’ history

What year was Fidelis founded?

The Fidelis post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Fidelis?

One place: the Fidelis School (listed 2021).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.