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History · Mannsville

Mannsville’s post office opened in 1888

Most of Mannsville was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1900.

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How Mannsville began

When was Mannsville founded?

1888

The Mannsville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 198 in 19002020 census: 728138 years
Founding year: the first Mannsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mannsville’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 Mannsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.On the map since 19014 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1985. Watch Mannsville change.
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Start Mannsville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mannsville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Mannsville, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020639 in 1920Low: 297

Lost half of its people between 1920 and 1960, then more than doubled.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

On the map

Mannsville on the map, 1901 to 1985

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

Mannsville on the 1901 USGS mapMannsville on the 1963 USGS mapMannsville on the 1978 USGS mapMannsville on the 1985 USGS map1901Tishomingo 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 Mannsville.

The story so far

Mannsville, in brief

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

Mannsville is a town in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 728 as of the 2020 Census. The locale is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 863 to 728 (-16%).

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

Timeline

Mannsville, 1888 to 2010

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888Post officeThe Mannsville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 21st century
  6. 2010CensusPopulation peaks at 863
By decade

Mannsville, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Mannsville Oklahoma School Wall2018Mannsville Oklahoma School WallMannsville Oklahoma Gymnasium2018Mannsville Oklahoma GymnasiumOKMap-doton-Mannsville2004OKMap-doton-Mannsville
Famous people

Famous people close to Mannsville

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

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Kay StarrAmerican singer · b. 1922
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Don E. WilsonAmerican mammalogist · b. 1944
Rex RyanAmerican football coach and analyst · b. 1962
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Kirby MinterAmerican basketball player · b. 1929
Joel HefleyAmerican politician · b. 1935
Mauree TurnerAmerican politician and community organizer · b. 1993

Questions about Mannsville’s history

What year was Mannsville founded?

The Mannsville post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (3), 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.