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History · Albion

Albion’s post office opened in 1887, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Albion State Bank. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1920.

1887first post office
1on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Albion began

When was Albion founded?

1887

The Albion post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 301 in 19202020 census: 58139 years
Founding year: the first Albion post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Albion’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 Albion are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1991. Watch Albion change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Albion’s history is told.

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On the map

Albion on the map, 1901 to 1991

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

Albion on the 1901 USGS mapAlbion on the 1971 USGS mapAlbion on the 1991 USGS map1901Tuskahoma 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 Albion.

The story

How Albion came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Albion.

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A United States Post Office opened at this location on December 6, 1887. Charles F. Igo was the first postmaster.

In its early days, Albion was a sawmill town in the Indian Territory. Later, it became a trading center in an agricultural region in which cotton and other crops were grown.

During 1885–6, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, more popularly known as the "Frisco", built a line from north to south through the Choctaw Nation, connecting Fort Smith, Arkansas, with Paris, Texas. The site of Albion was selected because of its proximity to the Kiamichi River, with its abundant water supply. Adjacent station stops were established at Talihina to the north and Kiamichi to the south.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Albion, 1887 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Albion post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1910BuiltAlbion State Bank is built
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No old photos in the archives yet

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 National Register

1 historic place in Albion

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

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historic buildings protected
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1979
Albion State Bank
Albion State Bank, built 1910
Buildings
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Albion State BankBuilding · listed 1979

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

People over time

Albion, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 301

Between 58 and 301 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Albion

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

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Tim MeansMixed martial artist · b. 1984
Lane AdamsAmerican baseball player · b. 1989
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Duane WoodAmerican football player · b. 1937
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Lee Roy WestUnited States federal judge · b. 1929
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Jack DavisAmerican gridiron football player and sports co… · b. 1933
Pat SeereyAmerican baseball player · b. 1923

Questions about Albion’s history

What year was Albion founded?

The Albion post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Albion?

One place: the Albion State Bank (listed 1979).

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, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.