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History · Adamson

Adamson’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Adamson was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1898 on.

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How Adamson began

When was Adamson founded?

1906

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

2020 census: 69120 years
Founding year: the first Adamson post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Adamson’s 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 Adamson are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18985 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1991. Watch Adamson change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Adamson’s history is told.

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On the map

Adamson on the map, 1898 to 1991

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

Adamson on the 1898 USGS mapAdamson on the 1909 USGS mapAdamson on the 1967 USGS mapAdamson on the 1978 USGS mapAdamson on the 1991 USGS map1898McAlester sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Adamson came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Adamson.

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At the time of its founding, Adamson was located in Gaines County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.

Adamson began as a coal-mining camp about the turn of the 20th century. Its population peaked at about 3,500 during World War I, when it had 15 operating mines. The Rock Island and Katy railroads both built spurs ito ship the coal. The Rock Island line was abandoned in 1902, while the Katy remained in service until 1950.

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Timeline

Adamson, 1898 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906Post officeThe Adamson post office opens
  5. 1967Post officeThe Adamson post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Adamson

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

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Reba McEntireAmerican country singer and actress · b. 1955
Mary BlairAmerican artist · b. 1911
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John BerrymanAmerican poet and scholar · b. 1914
Micha HancockAmerican volleyball player · b. 1992
Carl AlbertAmerican politician · b. 1908
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Michael WilsonAmerican screenwriter · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Adamson had its own post office from 1906 to 1967.

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

Questions about Adamson’s history

What year was Adamson founded?

The Adamson 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.