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History · Christie

Christie’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Christie was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2006.

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Quick answers

How Christie began

When was Christie founded?

1903

The Christie post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Going Snake (1890), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 427123 years
Founding year: the first Christie post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Christie’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 Christie are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Christie, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Christie’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Christie had its own post office from 1903 to 1944. Another post office, Going Snake, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Going Snake
1890–1898
Christie
1903–1944
18901960today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Going SnakeGreenStrawberry Spring
1cemetery inside Christie
Whitmire

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

The story so far

Christie, in brief

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

Christie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Christie had a population of 427.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 218 to 427 (+96%).

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

Timeline

Christie, 1890 to 1944

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Going Snake post office opens
  3. 1898Post officeThe Going Snake post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1903Post officeThe Christie post office opens
  6. 1944Post officeThe Christie post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Christie

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

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Atalie UnkaluntCherokee singer, activist, and designer · b. 1895
Clement V. RogersSenator and judge · b. 1839
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Charley JonesAmerican football player · b. 1929
George W. BondAmerican academic and college president · b. 1891
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Leon PenseAmerican gridiron football player · b. 1922
Ned ChristieCherokee leader · b. 1852
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

West PeavineIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOld GreenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBaronIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Christie’s history

What year was Christie founded?

The Christie post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.