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History · Blair

Blair’s post office opened in 1901, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1910.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Blair began

When was Blair founded?

1901

The Blair post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Dot (1893), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 508 in 19102020 census: 727125 years
Founding year: the first Blair post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blair’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 Blair are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,114 in 1970; 727 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blair’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Blair, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,114

Peaked at 1,114 in 1970; 727 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Blair, in brief

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

Blair is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Blair had a population of 727. Blair is located south of the Quartz Mountain State Park and offers scenic views of the mountains.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 818 to 727 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Blair, 1893 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Dot post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Dot post office closes
  5. 1901Post officeThe Blair post office opens
  6. 1908Born hereThomas Churchill is born here
  7. 1928Born hereBob Stephenson is born here
  8. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 1,114
  9. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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.

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On the map

Blair on the map, 1971 to 1985

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

Blair on the 1971 USGS mapBlair on the 1985 USGS map1971Blair sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Blair.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Blair

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Thomas ChurchillAmerican Olympic decathlete, All-American colle… · b. 1908
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Bob StephensonAmerican baseball player · b. 1928
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Blair’s post office has been open since 1901. Another post office, Dot, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Dot
1893–1901
Blair
1901–today
18901960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Blair’s history

What year was Blair founded?

The Blair post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.