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More historic than 13% of U.S. towns · #112 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
Most of Hinton was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 1910.
The Hinton post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.
More historic than 13% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hinton is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns, #112 of 131 in Oklahoma. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Hinton’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.
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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hinton’s history is told.
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.
1904Sheet 1 of 1Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
From Wikipedia’s history of Hinton.
The town of Hinton was founded with the establishment of the post office on April 18, 1902, and was originally named Crosby after Herbert D. Crosby, the County Attorney for I County (original name of Caddo County). However, just three months later on July 5, townsite developer Ivan G. Conkin changed the name to Hinton after his wife's family.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hinton. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hinton.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Hinton’s page.
Retake this view · +15Grew from 686 people in 1910 to 4,917 in 2020, 7 times over.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hinton’s Wikipedia page.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
The Hinton post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Hinton is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns, #112 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.
7% of Hinton’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1977.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (6), 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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