Most of Meeker was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Its Register listing is the Meeker Town Hall. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1910.
The Meeker post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clifton (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 349 in 19102020 census: 1,004123 years
How historic is Meeker?
C
More historic than 28% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Meeker post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Meeker’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Meeker is more historic than 28% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Meeker’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 Meeker’s 8.5 sits near the middle of its state (60% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.9 points). 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 Meeker’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Meeker yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Meeker is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had 1,004 residents. The locale is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county. It was prominently featured in the documentary Will & Harper.
Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,144 to 1,004 (-12%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Meeker, 1892 to 1935
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Meeker, census by census
Between 349 and 1,144 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Meeker’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Meeker’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Clifton, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Clifton
1892–1903
Meeker
1903–today
18901960today
1cemetery inside Meeker
New Hope
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Meeker’s history
What year was Meeker founded?
The Meeker post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Meeker rank for history?
Meeker is more historic than 28% 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.
What is on the National Register in Meeker?
One place: the Meeker Town Hall (listed 1996).
How old are the homes in Meeker?
8% of Meeker’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.9 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1974.
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 (9), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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) 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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