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History · Cooperton

Cooperton was first counted by the census in 1910, and 56% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1910.

1910first census
0on the National Register
56%homes built before 1940
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How Cooperton began

When was Cooperton founded?

1910

Cooperton first appears in the census in 1910.

First census: 100 in 19102020 census: 3116 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about Cooperton’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 Cooperton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Cooperton’s homes were built before 1938.Boom and bustPeaked at 187 in 1940; 3 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cooperton’s history is told.

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The story

How Cooperton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cooperton.

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This community, originally called Cooper, was planned in 1899 by Frank Cooper, who had organized a settlement company in anticipation of the opening of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservation in August 1901. Learning that the land would be granted by lottery instead of a run, Cooper requested and was granted 320 acres for members of his company. The name had to be changed to Cooperton, because there was already another community named Cooper in the territory.

Cooperton had one hundred residents by 1910, and reached its peak population of 187 by 1940. Thereafter, the population declined, reaching 20 by the start of the 21st century.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

People over time

Cooperton, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 187

Peaked at 187 in 1940; 3 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

By decade

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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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On the map

Cooperton on the map, 1949 to 1956

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

Cooperton on the 1949 USGS mapCooperton on the 1956 USGS map1949Cooperton 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 Cooperton.

Famous people

Famous people close to Cooperton

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

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Leon RussellAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist … · b. 1942
N. Scott MomadayKiowa author and academic · b. 1934
Robert Neelly BellahAmerican sociologist · b. 1927
Barbara LawrenceAmerican writer and real-estate businessperson,… · b. 1930
Paul SparksAmerican actor · b. 1971
Stacey KingAmerican basketball player and announcer · b. 1967

Questions about Cooperton’s history

What year was Cooperton founded?

The Cooperton 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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.