Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Little Rock. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1896Pryor 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 Little Rock.
The story so far
Little Rock, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Little Rock yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Little Rock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP for the 2020 census, with a population of 197. The CDP is in southeastern Mayes County, bordered to the east by Rose and to the south by Snake Creek. U.S. Route 412, the Cherokee Turnpike, passes through the community, with access from Exit 6 at Locust Grove, 6 miles (10 km) to the southwest, and from Exit 17 between Rose and Leach, the same distance to the east. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Little Rock CDP has an area of 7.03 square miles (18.21 km2), of which 7.01 square miles (18.16 km2) are land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2), …
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
