Henryetta’s post office opened in 1900, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 52% of U.S. towns · #49 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
3 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district with 4 buildings. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 1910.
Founding year: the first Henryetta post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Henryetta’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Henryetta is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #49 of 131 in Oklahoma. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Henryetta’s overall grade.
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 Henryetta’s 10.7 sits above most of its state (66% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.9 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 Henryetta’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Peaked at 7,987 in 1950; 5,640 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Henryetta’s Wikipedia page.
Every building
Henryetta, building by building, 1904–1920
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 year, then a sheet.
Hugh Henry established a ranch on Creek Nation land in 1885. He soon found a deposit of coal, which he began using to fuel the forge at his ranch. Discovery of more coal deposits in the large Henryetta Coal Formation attracted several railroads to develop these mines. A settlement named Furrs grew up around the mines. The name changed to Henryetta when a post office opened on August 28, 1900.
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.
The Henryetta post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Henryetta rank for history?
Henryetta is more historic than 52% of U.S. towns, #49 of 131 in Oklahoma. 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.
What is on the National Register in Henryetta?
Three places: the Hugh Henry House (listed 1983), the Nichols Park (2006) and the First Presbyterian Church (2026).
How old are the homes in Henryetta?
22% of Henryetta’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1964.
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 (3), the Library of Congress (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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.
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