Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Belfonte

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Belfonte

Half of Belfonte’s homes were built after 1998

Most of Belfonte was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1898 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory

What stands out about Belfonte’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 Belfonte are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1982. Watch Belfonte change.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Belfonte’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belfonte’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Belfonte on the map, 1898 to 1982

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

Belfonte on the 1898 USGS mapBelfonte on the 1901 USGS mapBelfonte on the 1973 USGS mapBelfonte on the 1982 USGS map1898Tahlequah 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 Belfonte.

The story so far

Belfonte, in brief

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

Belfonte is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Belfonte had a population of 298.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 394 to 298 (-24%).

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

By decade

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.

Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your album
Famous people

Famous people close to Belfonte

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

See all →
Budge PattyUS tennis player · b. 1924
H
Hunter DoohanAmerican actor · b. 1994
Jahlil OkaforNigerian-American basketball player · b. 1995
J
Jaylin WilliamsAmerican basketball player · b. 2002
R
Rudy Ray MooreAmerican comedian, singer, actor, and film prod… · b. 1927
Cal SmithAmerican country musician · b. 1932
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

LongIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNicutIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShortIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Belfonte’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.