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Eakly’s post office opened in 1902, and 24% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1940.

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How Eakly began

When was Eakly founded?

1902

The Eakly post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 231 in 19402020 census: 293124 years
Founding year: the first Eakly post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Eakly’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 Eakly are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 452 in 1980; 293 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Eakly’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eakly’s history is told.

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People over time

Eakly, census by census

010020030040050019401960198020002020Peak: 452

Peaked at 452 in 1980; 293 people lived here in 2020.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

The story

How Eakly came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eakly.

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A post office was established in the community of Eakly in March 1902, while this area was still part of Oklahoma Territory. Apparently, a plat was not filed for the town until the 1920s, which meant that town lots could not be sold during the first two decades of Eakly's formal existence. Two organizations were exempted from this limit: the Methodist church bought a building site in 1914, and the Bank of Eakly bought a site in 1920. All others who wished to build in the town had to lease the land.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eakly, 1902 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Eakly post office opens
  3. 1959Born hereMike Moore is born here
  4. 1961On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 452
By decade

Eakly, decade by decade

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On the map

Eakly on the map, 1961 to 1984

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

Eakly on the 1961 USGS mapEakly on the 1984 USGS map1961Eakly 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 Eakly.

Questions about Eakly’s history

What year was Eakly founded?

The Eakly post office opened in 1902, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.