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History · North Enid

North Enid’s post office opened in 1894

Most of North Enid was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1894 on and the census since 1900.

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How North Enid began

When was North Enid founded?

1894

The North Enid post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 205 in 19002020 census: 1,003132 years
Founding year: the first North Enid post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about North Enid’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 North Enid are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1900 and 1920, then grew more than tenfold.Mapped building by building4 fire insurance maps, 1894 to 1901, drew every building in North Enid.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Enid’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

North Enid, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020205 in 1900Low: 95

Lost half of its people between 1900 and 1920, then grew more than tenfold.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Every building

North Enid, building by building, 1894–1901

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.

North Enid fire insurance map, 1894, sheet 11894Sheet 1 of 3
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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 so far

North Enid, in brief

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

North Enid is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,003 at the 2020 census. The town is served by the Chisholm school district. North Enid was the original railroad town site in the Enid–Pond Creek Railroad War.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 860 to 1,003 (+17%).

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

Timeline

North Enid, 1894 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe North Enid post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923Post officeThe North Enid post office closes
  5. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 21st century
  7. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 1,003
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

North Enid on the map, 1955 to 1983

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

North Enid on the 1955 USGS mapNorth Enid on the 1983 USGS map1955Enid East sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to North Enid

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

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Owen K. GarriottAmerican electrical engineer and astronaut · b. 1930
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Nicki AycoxAmerican actress · b. 1975
Glenda FarrellAmerican actress · b. 1904
Thad LuckinbillAmerican actor and film producer · b. 1975
Richard ErdmanAmerican actor, film director · b. 1925
Nokie EdwardsAmerican musician · b. 1935
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

North Enid had its own post office from 1894 to 1923.

North Enid
1894–1923
18901960today
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North/Hirst Aero Spray Airportairport
1cemetery inside North Enid
Memorial Park

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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Questions about North Enid’s history

What year was North Enid founded?

The North Enid post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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, 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.