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History · Mehan

Mehan’s post office opened in 1900, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on.

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How Mehan began

When was Mehan founded?

1900

The Mehan post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 34126 years
Founding year: the first Mehan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mehan’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 Mehan are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mehan’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mehan, in brief

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

Mehan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Mehan had a population of 34. The CDP is in central Payne County, on the northeast side of the valley of Stillwater Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Cimarron River. Mehan is 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Stillwater, the Payne county seat, and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Perkins.

Its first post office opened in 1900.

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

Timeline

Mehan, 1900 to 1943

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Mehan post office opens
  3. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1943Post officeThe Mehan post office closes
By decade

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On the map

Mehan on the map, 1929 to 1975

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

Mehan on the 1929 USGS mapMehan on the 1932 USGS mapMehan on the 1975 USGS map1929Ripley 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 Mehan.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mehan

Nobody well known was born in Mehan 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
Saginaw GrantNative American actor, dancer, motivational spe… · b. 1936
Tyson RitterAmerican singer · b. 1984
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Chester GouldAmerican cartoonist · b. 1900
Matt HollidayAmerican professional baseball player, outfield… · b. 1980
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Mehan had its own post office from 1900 to 1943.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mehan’s history

What year was Mehan founded?

The Mehan post office opened in 1900, 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, 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.