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Bryant’s post office opened in 1905

Most of Bryant was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1900 on.

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How Bryant began

When was Bryant founded?

1905

The Bryant post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 19121 years
Founding year: the first Bryant post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Bryant’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 Bryant are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19003 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1985. Watch Bryant change.
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On the map

Bryant on the map, 1900 to 1985

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

Bryant on the 1900 USGS mapBryant on the 1967 USGS mapBryant on the 1985 USGS map1900Wewoka 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 Bryant.

The story so far

Bryant, in brief

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

Bryant is a Creek Indian Nation townsite in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States. Bryant is southwest of Henryetta and southeast of the town of Pharoah, being both south of Interstate 40 and east of U.S. Route 75 on Bryant Road. It is the subject of a book by Mickey J. Martin. As of the 2020 census, Bryant had a population of 19.

Its first post office opened in 1905.

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

Timeline

Bryant, 1900 to 1954

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1905Post officeThe Bryant post office opens
  4. 1954Post officeThe Bryant post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Bryant

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

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Woody GuthrieAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1912
William R. PogueAmerican astronaut · b. 1930
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Will SampsonMuscogee Creek actor from Oklahoma · b. 1933
John HerringtonAmerican astronaut · b. 1958
Oscar PettifordAmerican musician · b. 1922
Dave ObeyAmerican politician · b. 1938
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Bryant had its own post office from 1905 to 1954.

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

Questions about Bryant’s history

What year was Bryant founded?

The Bryant post office opened in 1905, 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.