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History · Pettit

Pettit’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Pettit was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998.

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How Pettit began

When was Pettit founded?

1911

The Pettit post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 829115 years
Founding year: the first Pettit post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pettit’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pettit are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Pettit, in brief

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

Pettit is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pettit had a population of 829. The town was named for Mark and Eliza Pettit, townsite allottees.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 954 to 829 (-13%).

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

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pettit

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

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Wilma MankillerPrinciple Chief of the Cherokee Nation · b. 1945
Mary Golda RossAmerican aerospace engineer, first Native Ameri… · b. 1908
Adrian HouserAmerican baseball player · b. 1993
Tyler BunchAmerican actor · b. 1970
Alice Brown DavisSeminole chief, interpreter, rancher, and trader · b. 1852
Barbara StaggsAmerican politician · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Pettit had its own post office from 1911 to 1933.

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Pettit Bay
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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.

KeysIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pettit’s history

What year was Pettit founded?

The Pettit post office opened in 1911, 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 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.