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History · Cement

Cement’s post office opened in 1902, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1920 on and the census since 1910.

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0on the National Register
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How Cement began

When was Cement founded?

1902

The Cement post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 770 in 19102020 census: 436124 years
Founding year: the first Cement post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cement’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 Cement are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,117 in 1930; 436 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Cement’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cement’s history is told.

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People over time

Cement, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,117

Peaked at 1,117 in 1930; 436 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Cement, in brief

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

Cement is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 436 as of the 2020 United States census. The community was named for its early cement industry.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 501 to 436 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Cement, 1902 to 1949

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Cement post office opens
  3. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 1,117
  4. 1949On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Cement, decade by decade

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On the map

Cement on the map, 1949 to 1991

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

Cement on the 1949 USGS mapCement on the 1956 USGS mapCement on the 1975 USGS mapCement on the 1991 USGS map1949Cement sheet · 1:62,500

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

Every building

Cement, building by building, 1920

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a sheet.

Cement fire insurance map, 1920, sheet 11920Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cement

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

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Lee PaceAmerican actor · b. 1979
Leon RussellAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist … · b. 1942
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Jim ThompsonAmerican writer · b. 1906
N. Scott MomadayKiowa author and academic · b. 1934
Don McNeillUS tennis player · b. 1918
Barbara LawrenceAmerican writer and real-estate businessperson,… · b. 1930

Questions about Cement’s history

What year was Cement founded?

The Cement post office opened in 1902, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.