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History · Bluejacket

Bluejacket dates to 1871, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1913 on and the census since 1900.

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How Bluejacket began

When was Bluejacket founded?

1871

Bluejacket dates its founding to 1871 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1900.

First census: 303 in 19002020 census: 235155 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1882.The full story ↓

What stands out about Bluejacket’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 Bluejacket are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 508 in 1910; 235 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19133 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1985. Watch Bluejacket change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bluejacket’s history is told.

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People over time

Bluejacket, census by census

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Peaked at 508 in 1910; 235 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

On the map

Bluejacket on the map, 1913 to 1985

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

Bluejacket on the 1913 USGS mapBluejacket on the 1971 USGS mapBluejacket on the 1985 USGS map1913Vinita 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 Bluejacket.

The story

How Bluejacket came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bluejacket.

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Bluejacket was founded as a station designated by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (KATY) in 1871, as it built a line through Indian Territory from Kansas to Texas. A post office was established in 1882. The community was named for its first postmaster, the Rev. Charles Blue Jacket, one-time chief of the Shawnee and grandson of noted leader Blue Jacket. The town was incorporated in the Cherokee Nation in 1894.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Bluejacket, 1871 to 1913

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871
    FoundingBluejacket is established
  3. 1882Post officeThe Bluejacket post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 508
  6. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Bluejacket, decade by decade

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Questions about Bluejacket’s history

What year was Bluejacket founded?

In 1871, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Bluejacket’s post office opened in 1882, and the census of 1900 counted 303 people here.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (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.