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History · Agra

Agra’s post office opened in 1902, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1908 on, and the census since 1910.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Agra began

When was Agra founded?

1902

The Agra post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1904.

First census: 366 in 19102020 census: 311124 years
Founding year: the first Agra post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1904.The full story ↓

What stands out about Agra’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Agra’s history is told.

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The story

How Agra came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Agra.

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Agra began to form around the turn of 20th century. A post office opened in Agra on December 20, 1902, with Isaac C. Pierce serving as the first postmaster. The Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (which later became part of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (also known as MKT or "Katy") built a line from Oklahoma City to Parsons, Kansas between 1902 and 1904. The townsite was developed after two local farmers, Frank Wheeler and Sam Holder, sold their lands along the railroad. American Land Loan and Trust Company divided the site into town lots.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Agra, decade by decade

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On the map

Agra on the map, 1908 to 1975

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

Agra on the 1908 USGS mapAgra on the 1975 USGS map1908Agra 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 Agra.

Every building

Agra, building by building, 1919

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Agra, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 366

Between 258 and 366 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Agra’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Agra

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

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James MarsdenAmerican actor · b. 1973
Chet BakerAmerican jazz trumpeter and vocalist · b. 1929
Tyson RitterAmerican singer · b. 1984
Matt HollidayAmerican professional baseball player, outfield… · b. 1980
Ben ClineAmerican politician in Virginia · b. 1972
David RobertsAmerican athlete · b. 1951

Questions about Agra’s history

What year was Agra founded?

The Agra post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1904.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.