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History · Clarita

Clarita’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Clarita was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981.

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How Clarita began

When was Clarita founded?

1910

The Clarita post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Kittie (1902), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 135116 years
Founding year: the first Clarita post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Clarita’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 so far

Clarita, in brief

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

Clarita is a small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma, United States. Originally called Kittie, the name was changed to Clarita with the establishment of the post office on January 19, 1910. The name came from Clarita Kenefic, the wife of railroad official William Kenefic. As of the 2020 census, Clarita had a population of 135. Clarita's school district, Olney Public School District, is one of the smallest public school districts in the state of Oklahoma. For the most recent data available, for a combined district, K-12, Olney finished between Boley (51) and Sweetwater (60), with 58 students. Olney School is now closed although the reunion is still held at the lunch room. The…

Its first post office opened in 1910.

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

Timeline

Clarita, 1902 to 1910

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Kittie post office opens
  3. 1910Post officeThe Kittie post office closes
  4. 1910Post officeThe Clarita post office opens
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Clarita’s post office has been open since 1910. Another post office, Kittie, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Kittie
1902–1910
Clarita
1910–today
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1cemetery inside Clarita
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Clarita’s history

What year was Clarita founded?

The Clarita post office opened in 1910, 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 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.