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History · Cimarron City

Half of Cimarron City’s homes were built after 1995

Most of Cimarron City was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Cimarron City’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 Cimarron City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1990. Watch Cimarron City change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cimarron City’s history is told.

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On the map

Cimarron City on the map, 1892 to 1990

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

Cimarron City on the 1892 USGS mapCimarron City on the 1970 USGS mapCimarron City on the 1990 USGS map1892Kingfisher 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 Cimarron City.

The story

How Cimarron City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cimarron City.

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Cimarron City is a planned community that was founded in July 1973 by real estate developers. J. L. Swaim, a former Oklahoma resident residing in Chico, California, and real estate dealer Don McLaughlin, of Oklahoma City. Leon Spitz, an Oklahoma City engineer, designed the residential section. The community grew slowly, as homes were constructed for families and retirees who wanted to live amid a rural ambience. Residents who still work typically must commute to Oklahoma City, Guthrie, Edmond or Crescent. It incorporated in 1974, and was named for the Cimarron River, which flows through the southwestern part of the town.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cimarron City, 1889 to 1894

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Clmarron City post office opens
  3. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1894Post officeThe Clmarron City 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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People over time

Cimarron City, census by census

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Grew from 71 people in 1990 to 155 in 2020.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Cimarron City

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

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Sam WaltonAmerican businessman · b. 1918
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Nicki AycoxAmerican actress · b. 1975
Hayley McFarlandAmerican actress · b. 1991
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Charlie HaasAmerican professional wrestler and collegiate w… · b. 1972
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Ekpe UdohNigerian-American basketball player · b. 1987
Josh RichardsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1993
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Another post office, Clmarron City, opened and closed inside today’s town.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Crescent SpringsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGuthrie9 historic placesA−

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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, 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.