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History · Dripping Springs

Half of Dripping Springs’ homes were built after 1993

Most of Dripping Springs was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Dripping Springs’ 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 Dripping Springs are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18994 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1982. Watch Dripping Springs change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dripping Springs’s history is told.

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On the map

Dripping Springs on the map, 1899 to 1982

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

Dripping Springs on the 1899 USGS mapDripping Springs on the 1904 USGS mapDripping Springs on the 1972 USGS mapDripping Springs on the 1982 USGS map1899Siloam Springs 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 Dripping Springs.

The story so far

Dripping Springs, in brief

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

Dripping Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 50 at the 2010 census, up from the figure of 41 recorded in 2000.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 50 to 54 (+8%).

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

By decade

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

Dripping Springs, census by census

020002020Peak: 54

Between 41 and 54 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Dripping Springs

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

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C. G. MaxwellAmerican actor · b. 1902
Clement V. RogersSenator and judge · b. 1839
Ray PowellAmerican baseball player · b. 1888
Damon CanfieldAmerican politician · b. 1897
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Leon PenseAmerican gridiron football player · b. 1922
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Clyde M. WebberAmerican trade union leader · b. 1919
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

West Siloam SpringsIts storyD−

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.