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History · Fletcher

Fletcher’s post office opened in 1902, and 18% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 23% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1910.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Fletcher began

When was Fletcher founded?

1902

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

First census: 374 in 19102020 census: 1,204124 years

How historic is Fletcher?

C−

More historic than 23% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Fletcher post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Fletcher’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Fletcher is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Fletcher’s overall grade.
Founding era1902, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 194017.7% of homes (±10.1) · typical OK town 7.0% · U.S. 8.4%B+National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OK town 5.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 23%
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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 Fletcher’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±10.1 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 Fletcher’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 Fletcher are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Fletcher’s collection

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

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

Fletcher, in brief

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

Fletcher is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Fletcher had a population of 1,204. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,177 to 1,204 (+2%).

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

Timeline

Fletcher, 1902 to 1982

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Fletcher post office opens
  3. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1982Born hereJustin Brown is born here
By decade

Fletcher, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Heather Rich headstone in Fletcher, Oklahoma (3 October 2022, W view)2022Heather Rich headstone in Fletcher, Oklahoma (3 Octob…
On the map

Fletcher on the map, 1956 to 1991

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

Fletcher on the 1956 USGS mapFletcher on the 1975 USGS mapFletcher on the 1991 USGS map1956Fletcher 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 Fletcher.

People over time

Fletcher, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001920194019601980200020201,204

Grew from 374 people in 1910 to 1,204 in 2020, 3 times over.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Fletcher’s history

What year was Fletcher founded?

The Fletcher post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Fletcher rank for history?

Fletcher is more historic than 23% of U.S. towns. 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.

How old are the homes in Fletcher?

18% of Fletcher’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.1 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1975.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.