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History · Olustee

Olustee’s post office opened in 1895, and 16% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Olustee Public Library and Park.

1895first post office
1on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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How Olustee began

When was Olustee founded?

1895

The Olustee post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 468131 years
Founding year: the first Olustee post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Olustee’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 Olustee are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Olustee, in brief

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

Olustee is a town in Jackson County, Oklahoma, United States. "Olustee" is said to be a Seminole word meaning "pond" or from the Creek (Muscogee) language ue-lvste (/oy-lást-i/) meaning "black water", and being taken from the Battle of Olustee in Florida. The population was 468 as of the 2020 United States census.

Its first post office opened in 1895. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 607 to 468 (-23%).

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

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Olustee, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Olustee

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

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2006
Olustee Public Library and Park
Olustee Public Library and Park
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Architectural styles listings

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Olustee Public Library and ParkWPA Standardized Style

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

Questions about Olustee’s history

What year was Olustee founded?

The Olustee post office opened in 1895, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Olustee?

One place: the Olustee Public Library and Park (listed 2006).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.