Eufaula’s post office opened in 1874, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 71% of U.S. towns · #22 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
5 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 21 buildings. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1963 on, and the census since 1900.
Founding year: the first Eufaula post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Eufaula’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eufaula is more historic than 71% of U.S. towns, #22 of 131 in Oklahoma. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eufaula’s overall grade.
Oklahoma towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oklahoma town has 5.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Eufaula’s 85.0 sits above most of its state (94% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 24 historic buildings outnumber those of 80% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Eufaula’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
In the Southeast, the Muscogee people (then known as Creek by European Americans) occupied a large territory including much of present-day Georgia and Alabama. By 1800, the Creek had a village named Eufala, located on Eufaula Creek, near what later developed as the present site of Talladega, Alabama. This was one of a group called their Upper Creek towns. Pickett's History of Alabama mentions an Indian town, belonging to the Creek, which he calls Eufaulahatche. "Little Eufauly" is mentioned by an historian of this period as early as 1792. Another Upper Creek town called Eufaula was located on the Tallapoosa River; the present town of Dadeville, Alabama, developed near there.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The Eufaula post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Eufaula rank for history?
Eufaula is more historic than 71% of U.S. towns, #22 of 131 in Oklahoma. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Eufaula?
5 listings: 3 buildings, 1 historic district, the Eufaula Business District, with 21 contributing buildings, and 1 site. 24 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Eufaula?
16% of Eufaula’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1973.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (5), 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.
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