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History · Brent

Brent’s post office opened in 1896

Most of Brent was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: maps from 1967 on.

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How Brent began

When was Brent founded?

1896

The Brent post office opened in 1896, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 760130 years
Founding year: the first Brent post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Brent’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Brent, in brief

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

Brent is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States, south of Sallisaw. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Brent had a population of 760. The post office opened May 6, 1896 and closed May 31, 1929. It was located in District 11 of the old Indian Territory. Brent was named for the Brent Ferry on the nearby Arkansas River.

Its first post office opened in 1896. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 716 to 760 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Brent, 1896 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1896Post officeThe Brent post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1929Post officeThe Brent post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Brent on the map, 1967 to 1979

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

Brent on the 1967 USGS mapBrent on the 1979 USGS map1967Robert S Kerr Dam 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 Brent.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Brent had its own post office from 1896 to 1929.

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

Questions about Brent’s history

What year was Brent founded?

The Brent post office opened in 1896, 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.