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History · Mulhall

Mulhall’s post office opened in 1890, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Mulhall United Methodist Church and the Oklahoma State Bank Building. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1900.

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2on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Mulhall began

When was Mulhall founded?

1890

The Mulhall post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Alfred (1889), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 564 in 19002020 census: 212136 years
Founding year: the first Mulhall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Mulhall’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 Mulhall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18933 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1990. Watch Mulhall change.Mapped building by building6 fire insurance maps, 1894 to 1915, drew every building in Mulhall.
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Start Mulhall’s collection

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

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On the map

Mulhall on the map, 1893 to 1990

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

Mulhall on the 1893 USGS mapMulhall on the 1974 USGS mapMulhall on the 1990 USGS map1893Mulhall 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 Mulhall.

Every building

Mulhall, building by building, 1894–1915

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Mulhall fire insurance map, 1894, sheet 11894Sheet 1 of 2
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story

How Mulhall came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Mulhall.

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The town began as a railroad station for the Santa Fe railroad, and was originally named Alfred, for the son of an attorney. The town is named for Zach Mulhall, father of Lucille Mulhall, who was the first official 'cowgirl' to actually compete against men in rodeo events and win. The town name was changed from Alfred to Mulhall shortly after the land run of 1889 because there were two towns named 'Alfred' at that time, according to a petition made by Zach to the railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Mulhall, 1889 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Alfred post office opens
  3. 1890Post officeThe Alfred post office closes
  4. 1890Post officeThe Mulhall post office opens
  5. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1896Born hereJim Blakesley is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1908BuiltOklahoma State Bank Building is built
By decade

Mulhall, decade by decade

Today1 recent
OKMap-doton-Mulhall2004OKMap-doton-Mulhall
On the National Register

2 historic places in Mulhall

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

places listed
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Mulhall United Methodist Church
Mulhall United Methodist ChurchOklahoma State Bank Building, built 1908
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Gothic Revival1
Richardsonian Romanesque1
Mulhall United Methodist ChurchGothic Revival
All 2 listings
Oklahoma State Bank BuildingBuilding · listed 1984

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

People over time

Mulhall, census by census

01002003004005006001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 564

Between 199 and 564 people in every census since 1900.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Mulhall’s post office has been open since 1890. Another post office, Alfred, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Alfred
1889–1890
Mulhall
1890–today
18801950today

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

Questions about Mulhall’s history

What year was Mulhall founded?

The Mulhall post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Mulhall?

Two places: the Mulhall United Methodist Church (listed 1984) and the Oklahoma State Bank Building (1984).

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 (2), 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.