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History · Gracemont

Gracemont’s post office opened in 1903, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1912 on and the census since 1920.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Gracemont began

When was Gracemont founded?

1903

The Gracemont post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 266 in 19202020 census: 279123 years
Founding year: the first Gracemont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Gracemont’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 Gracemont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 503 in 1980; 279 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Gracemont’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gracemont’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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People over time

Gracemont, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 503

Peaked at 503 in 1980; 279 people lived here in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

The story so far

Gracemont, in brief

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

Gracemont is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 279 as of the 2020 United States census. The town moniker is a portmanteau of 'Grace' and 'Montgomery,' the names of two friends of the first postmaster, Alice L. Bailey.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 318 to 279 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Gracemont, 1903 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Gracemont post office opens
  3. 1920Born hereSunset Carson is born here
  4. 1949Born hereHarry Teague is born here
  5. 1979On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 503
By decade

Gracemont, decade by decade

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On the map

Gracemont on the map, 1979 to 1986

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

Gracemont on the 1979 USGS mapGracemont on the 1986 USGS map1979Gracemont 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 Gracemont.

Every building

Gracemont, building by building, 1912

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 sheet.

Gracemont fire insurance map, 1912, sheet 11912Sheet 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.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Gracemont

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Sunset CarsonWestern film actor · b. 1920
Harry TeagueAmerican politician · b. 1949

Questions about Gracemont’s history

What year was Gracemont founded?

The Gracemont post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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 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), 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.