Most of Maysville was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1910.
The Maysville post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Beef Creek (1878), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 476 in 19102020 census: 1,087148 years
How historic is Maysville?
C−
More historic than 19% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Maysville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Maysville’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Maysville is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Maysville’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 Maysville’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 (±2.5 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 Maysville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
A post office was established at this location on March 19, 1878, and operated until May 29, 1878. It was reestablished as Beef Creek, Indian Territory, on June 17, 1878. The post office took its name from nearby Beef Creek, a tributary of the Washita River.
On September 19, 1902, after the town had relocated a mile north to be alongside the tracks of the newly-laid Kiowa, Chickasha and Fort Smith Railway (an affiliate of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway), and the post office joined it, the name was changed to Maysville. The new name was in honor of David Mayes and John Mayes, local ranchers.
At the time of its founding, Beef Creek, later Maysville, was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.
Maysville’s post office has been open since 1878. Another post office, Beef Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Beef Creek
1878–1902
Maysville
1878–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Maysville’s history
What year was Maysville founded?
The Maysville post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Maysville rank for history?
Maysville is more historic than 19% of U.S. towns. 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 Maysville?
4% of Maysville’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1971.
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 (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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