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History · Maramec

Maramec’s post office opened in 1903, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the First State Bank of Maramec. Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1910.

1903first post office
1on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Maramec began

When was Maramec founded?

1903

The Maramec post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 224 in 19102020 census: 66123 years
Founding year: the first Maramec post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Maramec’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 Maramec are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 376 in 1930; 66 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Maramec’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maramec’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Maramec, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 376

Peaked at 376 in 1930; 66 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Maramec, in brief

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

Maramec is a town in Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.The population was 66 as of the 2020 Census. It sits just north of the Cimarron Turnpike (a/k/a U.S. Route 412) at N3550 Rd. (a/k/a Cedar Tree Corner, a/k/a Ash Street).

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 91 to 66 (-27%).

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

Timeline

Maramec, 1903 to 1930

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Maramec post office opens
  3. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1930CensusPopulation peaks at 376
By decade

Maramec, decade by decade

Today1 recent
First State Bank of Maramec2020First State Bank of Maramec
On the map

Maramec on the map, 1929 to 1978

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

Maramec on the 1929 USGS mapMaramec on the 1932 USGS mapMaramec on the 1978 USGS map1929Yale sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Maramec

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2007
First State Bank of Maramec
First State Bank of Maramec
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Romanesque Revival1
All 1 listings
First State Bank of MaramecBuilding · listed 2007

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Maramec

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

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James MarsdenAmerican actor · b. 1973
Chet BakerAmerican jazz trumpeter and vocalist · b. 1929
Maria TallchiefAmerican ballerina · b. 1925
Saginaw GrantNative American actor, dancer, motivational spe… · b. 1936
Lee HazlewoodAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer · b. 1929
Tyson RitterAmerican singer · b. 1984

Questions about Maramec’s history

What year was Maramec founded?

The Maramec post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Maramec?

One place: the First State Bank of Maramec (listed 2007).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.