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History · Piney

Piney dates to 1824

Below: maps from 1898 on.

1824founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Piney began

When was Piney founded?

1824

Piney dates its founding to 1824 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1913.

2020 census: 101202 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1913.The full story ↓

What stands out about Piney’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 Piney are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1972. Watch Piney change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1824: 202 years of Piney.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Piney’s history is told.

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On the map

Piney on the map, 1898 to 1972

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

Piney on the 1898 USGS mapPiney on the 1901 USGS mapPiney on the 1972 USGS map1898Tahlequah 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 Piney.

Timeline

Piney, 1824 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1824
    FoundingPiney is established
  3. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1913Post officeThe Piney post office opens
  6. 1921Post officeThe Piney post office closes
The story

How Piney came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Piney.

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Piney was established in the Arkansaw Territory, in 1824, as the head town of the Cherokee in the West. It served as the council seat (informal capital) of the Cherokee Nation–West from 1824 to 1828. The town was located on the lands of Lovely's Purchase, that straddled what was to become the Indian Territory—Arkansas state line. In 1828, the eastern border of the Indian Territory was finally drawn (running just one mile east of the settlement), and the old Arkansaw Territory was split into two. A permanent Cherokee Nation capital city was also being built in the more centrally located Tahlonteeskee (in Sequoyah County,) located deeper in the new Indian Territory. Most of the Cherokee residents of Piney soon migrated further west into their designated districts in the Indian Territory following the split. A Baptist missionary, Duncan O'Bryant, who had served in Piney for a time, remaine…

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By decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Piney

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

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Margaret PittmanAmerican bacteriologist · b. 1901
Atalie UnkaluntCherokee singer, activist, and designer · b. 1895
Clement V. RogersSenator and judge · b. 1839
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Charley JonesAmerican football player · b. 1929
George W. BondAmerican academic and college president · b. 1891
Byrd MockAmerican writer · b. 1876
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Piney had its own post office from 1913 to 1921.

Piney
1913–1921
19101970today

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.

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

Questions about Piney’s history

What year was Piney founded?

In 1824, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Piney’s post office opened in 1913.

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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 Wikipedia, 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.