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History · Armstrong

Armstrong’s post office opened in 1882, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1990.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Armstrong began

When was Armstrong founded?

1882

The Armstrong post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 122 in 19902020 census: 113144 years
Founding year: the first Armstrong post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Armstrong’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 Armstrong are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18994 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1985. Watch Armstrong change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Armstrong’s history is told.

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On the map

Armstrong on the map, 1899 to 1985

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

Armstrong on the 1899 USGS mapArmstrong on the 1900 USGS mapArmstrong on the 1969 USGS mapArmstrong on the 1985 USGS map1899Atoka 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 Armstrong.

The story

How Armstrong came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Armstrong.

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The town of Armstrong began along the route of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (Katy) in 1872. At the time of Armstrong's founding it was located in Blue County of the Choctaw Nation. The town had a post office in 1882–3, but thereafter the mail was sent to Caddo. In 1896, another post office opened in Armstrong, but it was closed in 1920. The post office was located in the only grocery store, and the store owner was also the postmaster. In 1911, the population was 41.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Armstrong, 1882 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Armstrong post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Armstrong post office closes
  4. 1896Post officeThe Armstrong post office opens
  5. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 20th century
  7. 1920Post officeThe Armstrong post office closes
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People over time

Armstrong, census by census

010020002020Peak: 141

Between 105 and 141 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Armstrong had its own post office from 1882 to 1883. Another post office, Armstrong, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Armstrong
1882–1883
Armstrong
1896–1920
18801950today

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.

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Questions about Armstrong’s history

What year was Armstrong founded?

The Armstrong post office opened in 1882, 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, 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.