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History · Centrahoma

Centrahoma’s post office opened in 1907

Most of Centrahoma was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1960.

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How Centrahoma began, and where its name came from

When was Centrahoma founded?

1907

The Centrahoma post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Owl (1894), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 148 in 19602020 census: 81119 years

How did Centrahoma get its name?

Centrahoma was named for William L. Byrd, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.

More on the name

Its name changed to Owl, Indian Territory on July 10, 1894. The post office took its name from nearby Owl Creek, a branch of Leader Creek, a tributary of Clear Boggy Creek.

Founding year: the first Centrahoma post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓

What stands out about Centrahoma’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

How Centrahoma came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Centrahoma.

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A post office was established at Byrd, Indian Territory on March 3, 1892. It was named for William L. Byrd, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. Its name changed to Owl, Indian Territory on July 10, 1894. The post office took its name from nearby Owl Creek, a branch of Leader Creek, a tributary of Clear Boggy Creek. On June 11, 1907 the post office was moved a few miles northeast and the name changed to Centrahoma, Indian Territory. Its name was coined from "central Oklahoma." While the name references central Oklahoma, it is nowhere near the center of Oklahoma.

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Timeline

Centrahoma, 1894 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Owl post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1907Post officeThe Owl post office closes
  5. 1907Post officeThe Centrahoma post office opens
  6. 1938Born herePaul Davis is born here
  7. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Centrahoma on the map, 1957 to 1979

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

Centrahoma on the 1957 USGS mapCentrahoma on the 1979 USGS map1957Centrahoma 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 Centrahoma.

People over time

Centrahoma, census by census

01001960198020002020Peak: 166

Between 81 and 166 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Centrahoma’s post office has been open since 1907. Another post office, Owl, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Owl
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Centrahoma
1907–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Centrahoma’s history

What year was Centrahoma founded?

The Centrahoma post office opened in 1907, 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 Wikipedia, 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.