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History · Hennepin

Hennepin’s post office opened in 1885

Most of Hennepin was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985.

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How Hennepin began

When was Hennepin founded?

1885

The Hennepin post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 143141 years
Founding year: the first Hennepin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Hennepin, in brief

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Hennepin is an unincorporated community along State Highway 7 in extreme southern Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States, near the point where Carter, Garvin and Murray counties intersect. As of the 2020 census, Hennepin had a population of 143. Hennepin County was named for Father Louis Hennepin, a member of Lasalle's Louisiana Expedition.

Its first post office opened in 1885.

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

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Famous people close to Hennepin

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Rue McClanahanAmerican actress and comedian · b. 1934
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 Hennepin’s history

What year was Hennepin founded?

The Hennepin post office opened in 1885, 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 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.