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History · Loveland

Loveland’s post office opened in 1908, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1974 on and the census since 1920.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
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How Loveland began

When was Loveland founded?

1908

The Loveland post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 191 in 19202020 census: 13118 years
Founding year: the first Loveland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Loveland’s past

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The story so far

Loveland, in brief

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

Loveland is a town in Tillman County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located about 38 miles southwest of Lawton, Oklahoma. The population was 13 at the 2020 Census. Loveland once had a post office that has since closed. The post office was popular around Valentine's Day, when people often drove many miles to have their valentines postmarked "Loveland".

Its first post office opened in 1908. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 13 in 2010, 13 in 2020.

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

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On the map

Loveland on the map, 1974 to 1985

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

Loveland on the 1974 USGS mapLoveland on the 1985 USGS map1974Hollister 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 Loveland.

People over time

Loveland, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 191

Between 13 and 191 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Loveland

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

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Roy OrbisonAmerican musician · b. 1936
Rex Tillerson69th United States Secretary of State · b. 1952
Greg AbbottGovernor of Texas since 2015 · b. 1957
Van HeflinAmerican actor · b. 1908
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Greyson ChanceAmerican singer, songwriter, and musician · b. 1997
Leon RussellAmerican singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist … · b. 1942

Questions about Loveland’s history

What year was Loveland founded?

The Loveland post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.