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History · Indiahoma

Indiahoma’s post office opened in 1902, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the First State Bank of Indiahoma. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1910.

1902first post office
1on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Indiahoma began

When was Indiahoma founded?

1902

The Indiahoma post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 188 in 19102020 census: 275124 years
Founding year: the first Indiahoma post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Indiahoma’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 Indiahoma are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 434 in 1970; 275 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Indiahoma’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Indiahoma, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 434

Peaked at 434 in 1970; 275 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Indiahoma, in brief

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

Indiahoma is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located just south of US Route 62, about 24.4 driving miles west of Lawton. The population was 275 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is included as an exurb in the Lawton, Oklahoma, Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was also home to the Treasure Lake Job Corp, which closed February 28, 2015.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 344 to 275 (-20%).

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

Timeline

Indiahoma, 1902 to 1970

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Indiahoma post office opens
  3. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 434
By decade

Indiahoma, decade by decade

Today4 recent
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On the map

Indiahoma on the map, 1956 to 1991

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

Indiahoma on the 1956 USGS mapIndiahoma on the 1975 USGS mapIndiahoma on the 1991 USGS map1956Indiahoma 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 Indiahoma.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Indiahoma

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
First State Bank of Indiahoma
First State Bank of Indiahoma
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First State Bank of IndiahomaBuilding · listed 1980

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

Questions about Indiahoma’s history

What year was Indiahoma founded?

The Indiahoma post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Indiahoma?

One place: the First State Bank of Indiahoma (listed 1980).

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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 (4), 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) 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.