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History · Emet

Emet’s post office opened in 1884, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Emet was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Its Register listing is the White House of the Chickasaws. Below: maps from 1901 on.

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Quick answers

How Emet began

When was Emet founded?

1884

The Emet post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 69142 years
Founding year: the first Emet post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Emet’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 Emet are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1985. Watch Emet change.
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Start Emet’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Emet’s history is told.

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On the map

Emet on the map, 1901 to 1985

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

Emet on the 1901 USGS mapEmet on the 1967 USGS mapEmet on the 1985 USGS map1901Tishomingo 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 Emet.

The story so far

Emet, in brief

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

Emet is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 69 as of the 2020 Census. A post office operated in Emet from 1884 to 1917. The Chickasaw have dwelt in Johnston County since the 1830s, and Emet's history reflects its Chickasaw heritage. Pleasant Grove Mission School, which was established by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1844 and served the Chickasaw Nation, was located near Emet. Chickasaw actress and storyteller Te Ata Fisher was born in Emet in 1895. Douglas H. Johnston, the last governor of the Chickasaw Nation, lived in Emet. His home, known as the White House of the Chickasaws and now a museum, still s…

Its first post office opened in 1884.

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

Timeline

Emet, 1884 to 1917

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Emet post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1917Post officeThe Emet post office closes
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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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Emet

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
1971
White House of the Chickasaws
White House of the Chickasaws
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

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White House of the ChickasawsBuilding · listed 1971

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Emet

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

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Ralph FaudreeAmerican mathematician, the provost of the Univ… · b. 1939
Neill ArmstrongAmerican football player and coach · b. 1926
Alfred P. MurrahAttorney and judge · b. 1904
Charlie JohnsonAmerican football player · b. 1984
Gary RichardsonAmerican lawyer · b. 1941
Joe DobsonAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Emet had its own post office from 1884 to 1917.

Emet
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Emet’s history

What year was Emet founded?

The Emet post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Emet?

One place: the White House of the Chickasaws (listed 1971).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.