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History · Hunter

Hunter’s post office opened in 1901, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bank of Hunter. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1910.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
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How Hunter began

When was Hunter founded?

1901

The Hunter post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 341 in 19102020 census: 145125 years
Founding year: the first Hunter post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hunter’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 Hunter are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 443 in 1920; 145 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Hunter’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hunter’s history is told.

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People over time

Hunter, census by census

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Peaked at 443 in 1920; 145 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Hunter, in brief

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

Hunter is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located about 17 miles northeast of Enid, Oklahoma, and about 4 miles west of combined State 15 and State 74. The population was 145 as of the 2020 Census.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 165 to 145 (-12%).

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

Timeline

Hunter, 1901 to 1968

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Hunter post office opens
  3. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 443
  4. 1968On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hunter, decade by decade

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On the map

Hunter on the map, 1968 to 1985

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

Hunter on the 1968 USGS mapHunter on the 1985 USGS map1968Hunter sheet · 1:24,000

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

Every building

Hunter, building by building, 1905–1911

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.

Hunter fire insurance map, 1905, sheet 11905Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Hunter

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Bank of Hunter
Bank of Hunter
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Georgian Revival1
All 1 listings
Bank of HunterBuilding · listed 1984

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Hunter

Nobody well known was born in Hunter itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Owen K. GarriottAmerican electrical engineer and astronaut · b. 1930
Glenda FarrellAmerican actress · b. 1904
Thad LuckinbillAmerican actor and film producer · b. 1975
Danny HodgeAmerican boxer, professional and amateur wrestl… · b. 1932
Richard ErdmanAmerican actor, film director · b. 1925
Henry BellmonAmerican politician · b. 1921

Questions about Hunter’s history

What year was Hunter founded?

The Hunter post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hunter?

One place: the Bank of Hunter (listed 1984).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.