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History · Enterprise

Enterprise’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Enterprise was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1899 on.

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How Enterprise began

When was Enterprise founded?

1890

The Enterprise post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 170136 years
Founding year: the first Enterprise post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Enterprise’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 Enterprise are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1978. Watch Enterprise change.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1899 to 1904, drew every building in Enterprise.
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On the map

Enterprise on the map, 1900 to 1978

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

Enterprise on the 1900 USGS mapEnterprise on the 1911 USGS mapEnterprise on the 1969 USGS mapEnterprise on the 1978 USGS map1900Sansbois 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 Enterprise.

Every building

Enterprise, building by building, 1899–1904

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Enterprise fire insurance map, 1899, sheet 11899Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story so far

Enterprise, in brief

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

Enterprise is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Haskell County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP following the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Enterprise had a population of 170. The CDP is in western Haskell County. State highways 9 and 71 intersect in the northern part of the community. Highway 9 leads east 8 miles (13 km) to Whitefield and west 14 miles (23 km) to Eufaula, while Highway 71 leads northeast across Eufaula Dam 14 miles (23 km) to Porum and south 8 miles (13 km) to Quinton. Enterprise is in the valley of Brooken Creek, which flows north to the Canadian River just upstream of Eufaula Dam.

Its first post office opened in 1890.

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

Timeline

Enterprise, 1890 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Post officeThe Enterprise post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1958Post officeThe Enterprise post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Enterprise had its own post office from 1890 to 1958.

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

Questions about Enterprise’s history

What year was Enterprise founded?

The Enterprise post office opened in 1890, 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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.