More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #104 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it
Most of Lone Grove was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1900.
Founding year: the first Lone Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
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What drives Lone Grove’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Lone Grove is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #104 of 131 in Oklahoma. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Lone Grove’s overall grade.
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 Lone Grove’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. 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 Lone Grove’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lone Grove is built on the site of a former village located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation in the Indian Territory, near a stand of cedar trees. The town was founded and a post office was established in Lone Grove on February 4, 1885. Prior to that the community was named "Price's Store", after local general mercantile owner T. C. "Tom Cat" Price. A fire destroyed many of the Lone Grove businesses and some homes on February 30, 1899.
The Lone Grove post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Lone Grove rank for history?
Lone Grove is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #104 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.
How old are the homes in Lone Grove?
2% of Lone Grove’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1984.
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 (12), 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.
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