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History · Conner

Conner’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Conner was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1956 on.

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How Conner began

When was Conner founded?

1906

The Conner post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 182120 years
Founding year: the first Conner post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Conner’s past

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

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How Conner came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Conner.

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The village was named in 1906 for the first homesteader, Aaron Conner.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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On the map

Conner on the map, 1956 to 1960

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

Conner on the 1956 USGS mapConner on the 1960 USGS map1956Elk City sheet · 1:250,000

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

Questions about Conner’s history

What year was Conner founded?

The Conner post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.