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History · Fitzhugh

Fitzhugh’s post office opened in 1898

Most of Fitzhugh was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1967 on, and the census since 1990.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Fitzhugh’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Fitzhugh began

When was Fitzhugh founded?

1898

The Fitzhugh post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 196 in 19902020 census: 183128 years
Founding year: the first Fitzhugh post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fitzhugh’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Fitzhugh’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Fitzhugh, in brief

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

Fitzhugh is a town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 183 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 230 to 183 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Fitzhugh, 1898 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Fitzhugh post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1902In the archiveAdditional Station Grounds, St. Louis, Oklahoma & Southern RY. at Fitzhugh, I.T
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Fitzhugh, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Additional Station Grounds, St. Louis, Oklahoma & Southern RY. at Fitzhugh, I.T1902Additional Station Grounds, St. Louis, Oklahoma & Sou…
1910s–1990snothing yet
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.
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Today1 recent
OKMap-doton-Fitzhugh2004OKMap-doton-Fitzhugh
On the map

Fitzhugh on the map in 1967

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fitzhugh.

Fitzhugh on the 1967 USGS map1967Roff North sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fitzhugh.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Additional Station Grounds, St. Louis, Oklahoma & Southern RY. at Fitzhugh, I.T
Retake this viewAdditional Station Grounds, St. Louis, Oklahoma & Southern RY. at Fitzhugh, I.T, 1902

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People over time

Fitzhugh, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 230

Between 183 and 230 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fitzhugh

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

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Blake SheltonAmerican country music singer and television pe… · b. 1976
Joseph GlascoAmerican abstract expressionist painter, drafts… · b. 1925
Tommy FranksUnited States Army general · b. 1945
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G. D. SpradlinAmerican actor · b. 1920
Kay StarrAmerican singer · b. 1922
Jesse RenickAmerican basketball player · b. 1917

Questions about Fitzhugh’s history

What year was Fitzhugh founded?

The Fitzhugh post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.