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History · Hominy

Hominy’s post office opened in 1891, and 22% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 72% of U.S. towns · #16 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

6 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1912 on and the census since 1910.

1891first post office
6on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Hominy began

When was Hominy founded?

1891

The Hominy post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 760 in 19102020 census: 3,329135 years

How historic is Hominy?

B+

More historic than 72% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Hominy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Hominy’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hominy is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns, #16 of 131 in Oklahoma. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hominy’s overall grade.
Founding era1891, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194022.4% of homes (±4.4) · typical OK town 7.0% · U.S. 8.4%B+National Register6 listings, 9 historic buildings, 27.2 per 10,000 residents · typical OK town 5.9 · U.S. 2.4A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 72%
NewerOlder
Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 88%

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 Hominy’s 27.2 sits above most of its state (82% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 9 historic buildings outnumber those of 75% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to A. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.4 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 Hominy’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 Hominy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19153 editions of the USGS map, 1915 to 1983. Watch Hominy change.Landmarks on the Register6 places on the National Register.Old housesHalf of Hominy’s homes were built before 1962.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hominy’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Hominy on the map, 1915 to 1983

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

Hominy on the 1915 USGS mapHominy on the 1966 USGS mapHominy on the 1983 USGS map1915Hominy sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hominy.

On the National Register

6 historic places in Hominy

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
6
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
9
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Hominy Osage Round House
Hominy Osage Round HouseFred and Adeline Drummond House, built 1905Bank of Hominy, built 1906Hominy SchoolHominy ArmoryMarland Filling Station
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Victorian1
Shingle1
Trulock, Al1
Works Progress Administration1
Classical Revival1
Hominy Osage Round HouseBuilding
Fred and Adeline Drummond HouseVictorian · Built 1905
Bank of HominyBuilt 1906
Hominy SchoolTrulock, Al
Hominy ArmoryWorks Progress Administration
Marland Filling StationClassical Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Hominy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hominy.

Read it all →

Hominy was first settled by the Osage Indians when they were forced to leave their reservation in Kansas in the early 1870s. The Osage purchased the land of the reservation from the Cherokee. Hominy, named for chieftain Ho'n-Mo'n-I'n, was settled by the Upland Forest People, one of the five divisions of the Osage. The government of the United States established a sub-agency for the Osage near the site of present day Hominy in 1874.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hominy, 1891 to 1915

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Hominy post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905BuiltFred and Adeline Drummond House is built
  5. 1906BuiltBank of Hominy is built
  6. 1915On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hominy, decade by decade

Today16 recent
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Every building

Hominy, building by building, 1912–1922

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.

Hominy fire insurance map, 1912, sheet 11912Sheet 1 of 2
Edition
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

People over time

Hominy, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500192019401960198020002020Peak: 3,565

Between 760 and 3,565 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Hominy’s history

What year was Hominy founded?

The Hominy post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Hominy rank for history?

Hominy is more historic than 72% of U.S. towns, #16 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 Hominy?

6 listings: 6 buildings, among them the Hominy Osage Round House (listed 1979, the first). 9 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Hominy?

22% of Hominy’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.4 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1962.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (16), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (6), Wikipedia, 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.