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History · Nelagoney

Nelagoney’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Nelagoney was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1965. Below: maps from 1909 on.

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How Nelagoney began

When was Nelagoney founded?

1906

The Nelagoney post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 71120 years
Founding year: the first Nelagoney post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nelagoney’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 Nelagoney are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19094 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1985. Watch Nelagoney change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nelagoney’s history is told.

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On the map

Nelagoney on the map, 1909 to 1985

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

Nelagoney on the 1909 USGS mapNelagoney on the 1910 USGS mapNelagoney on the 1960 USGS mapNelagoney on the 1985 USGS map1909Pawhuska sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story so far

Nelagoney, in brief

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

Nelagoney is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Nelagoney had a population of 71. The CDP is in eastern Osage County, on a hill overlooking Bird Creek to the north. The west border of the CDP follows Saucy Calf Creek, a north-flowing tributary of Bird Creek, which flows southeast to the Verdigris River northeast of Tulsa. Nelagoney is 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Pawhuska, the Osage county seat, 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Bartlesville, and 45 miles (72 km) north-northwest of Tulsa.

Its first post office opened in 1906.

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

Timeline

Nelagoney, 1906 to 1959

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Nelagoney post office opens
  3. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1959Post officeThe Nelagoney post office closes
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Famous people

Famous people close to Nelagoney

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

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Ben JohnsonAmerican film actor · b. 1918
Maria TallchiefAmerican ballerina · b. 1925
Anita BryantAmerican singer and activist · b. 1940
Mark PriceAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1964
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Larry SellersAmerican actor · b. 1949
Patrick CranshawAmerican actor · b. 1919
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Nelagoney had its own post office from 1906 to 1959.

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

Questions about Nelagoney’s history

What year was Nelagoney founded?

The Nelagoney post office opened in 1906, 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.