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History · Bache

Bache’s post office opened in 1903, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Bache began

When was Bache founded?

1903

The Bache post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 105123 years
Founding year: the first Bache post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bache’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 Bache 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 Bache change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bache’s history is told.

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On the map

Bache on the map, 1898 to 1991

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

Bache on the 1898 USGS mapBache on the 1909 USGS mapBache on the 1967 USGS mapBache on the 1978 USGS mapBache 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 Bache.

The story so far

Bache, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bache yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Bache is an unincorporated community in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 270, 7 miles (11 km) east of McAlester. As of the 2020 census, Bache had a population of 105. A post office was established at Bache, Indian Territory on February 26, 1903. It closed on July 29, 1995. At the time of its founding, the community was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. The community was named for mining operator Franklin Bache. Bache was linked to McAlester, Krebs, Alderson, Haileyville, and Hartshorne by the Pittsburg County Railway interurban from 1903 to 1946.

Its first post office opened in 1903.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Bache

Nobody well known was born in Bache 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

Questions about Bache’s history

What year was Bache founded?

The Bache post office opened in 1903, 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 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.