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History · Council Hill

Council Hill’s post office opened in 1905, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1970 on and the census since 1920.

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How Council Hill began

When was Council Hill founded?

1905

The Council Hill post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 206 in 19202020 census: 108121 years
Founding year: the first Council Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Council Hill’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 Council Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Council Hill’s history is told.

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The story

How Council Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Council Hill.

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Council Hill began as a council house for the Creek Nation circa 1840, after the tribe had been forced to emigrate to Indian Territory. The Creeks named this location Weklwa Hulwe or "High Spring," and consider it their first capital. Smoke signals from the top of the hill announced calls for general council meetings to other Creek towns in the vicinity. After the outbreak of the Civil War, this place became the headquarters of the Creek Regiment of the Confederate Army, led by D. N. McIntosh.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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On the map

Council Hill on the map in 1970

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Council Hill.

Council Hill on the 1970 USGS map1970Council Hill 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 Council Hill.

People over time

Council Hill, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 206

Between 108 and 206 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Council Hill

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

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Carrie UnderwoodAmerican singer and actor · b. 1983
Barney KesselAmerican jazz guitarist · b. 1923
Ester DeanAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1982
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Will SampsonMuscogee Creek actor from Oklahoma · b. 1933
Oscar PettifordAmerican musician · b. 1922
Reubin AskewAmerican politician · b. 1928

Questions about Council Hill’s history

What year was Council Hill founded?

The Council Hill post office opened in 1905, 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, 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.