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History · Hanna

Hanna’s post office opened in 1904

Most of Hanna was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1920.

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Quick answers

How Hanna began, and where its name came from

When was Hanna founded?

1904

The Hanna post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 460 in 19202020 census: 102122 years

How did Hanna get its name?

Hanna was named for Hanna Bullett, the daughter of a prominent early resident.

Founding year: the first Hanna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Hanna’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 Hanna are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hanna’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hanna, in brief

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

Hanna is a town in southwestern McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 102 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 138 in 2010. It was named for Hanna Bullett, the daughter of a prominent early resident.

Its first post office opened in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 138 to 102 (-26%).

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

Timeline

Hanna, 1900 to 1936

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1904Post officeThe Hanna post office opens
  4. 1936Born hereDennit Morris is born here
By decade

Hanna, decade by decade

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Oil pump Hanna Oklahoma 10-3-20062006Oil pump Hanna Oklahoma 10-3-2006OKMap-doton-Hanna2004OKMap-doton-Hanna
On the map

Hanna on the map, 1900 to 1971

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

Hanna on the 1900 USGS mapHanna on the 1971 USGS map1900Canadian 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 Hanna.

People over time

Hanna, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 460

Between 99 and 460 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Hanna’s history

What year was Hanna founded?

The Hanna post office opened in 1904, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.