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History · Kinta

Kinta dates to 1901, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Kinta High School, the Cotton Storage House and the Scott Store. Below: maps from 1900 on and the census since 1920.

1901founded
3on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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How Kinta began

When was Kinta founded?

1901

Kinta dates its founding to 1901 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 393 in 19202020 census: 285125 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1902.The full story ↓

What stands out about Kinta’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 Kinta are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19004 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1978. Watch Kinta change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kinta’s history is told.

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On the map

Kinta on the map, 1900 to 1978

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

Kinta on the 1900 USGS mapKinta on the 1911 USGS mapKinta on the 1969 USGS mapKinta on the 1978 USGS map1900Sansbois sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Kinta came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Kinta.

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Kinta was founded in 1901 by George W. Scott, son-in-law of Greenwood McCurtain, the last chief of the Choctaw Nation before Oklahoma became a state. At the time of its founding, Kinta was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation. Scott named the town for nearby Beaver Creek, the name Kinta being the Choctaw word for "beaver." He moved his store to Kinta from Sans Bois, established a post office in his store, and built the first permanent building in town in 1903. Sans Bois was then the Choctaw capital, but had been bypassed by the Fort Smith and Western Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Kinta, 1900 to 1902

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1901
    FoundingKinta is established
  4. 1902Post officeThe Kinta post office opens
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On the National Register

3 historic places in Kinta

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

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first listed
1980
Cotton Storage House
Cotton Storage HouseScott Store
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Architectural styles listings

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Kinta High SchoolBuilding
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Cotton Storage HouseStructure · listed 1980Scott StoreBuilding · listed 1980

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

People over time

Kinta, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 393

Between 221 and 393 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Kinta’s history

What year was Kinta founded?

In 1901, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Kinta’s post office opened in 1902, and the census of 1920 counted 393 people here.

What is on the National Register in Kinta?

Three places: the Kinta High School (listed 1988), the Cotton Storage House (1980) and the Scott Store (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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (3), Wikipedia, 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.