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History · Platter

Platter’s post office opened in 1901

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1901 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Platter began

When was Platter founded?

1901

The Platter post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 159125 years
Founding year: the first Platter post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Platter’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Platter’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

Platter, in brief

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

Platter is an unincorporated community in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Platter had a population of 159. Platter has a post office with the ZIP code 74753. The town was named after an A.F. Platter, who was a businessman from Denison, Texas.

Its first post office opened in 1901.

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

Timeline

Platter, 1901 to 1922

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Platter post office opens
  3. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1922In the archivePrestonArea
By decade

Platter, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
PrestonArea1922PrestonArea
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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

Platter on the map, 1901 to 1982

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

Platter on the 1901 USGS mapPlatter on the 1982 USGS map1901Denison 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 Platter.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Retake this viewPrestonArea, 1922

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Questions about Platter’s history

What year was Platter founded?

The Platter post office opened in 1901, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.