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History · Proctor

Proctor’s post office opened in 1903

Most of Proctor was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1898 on.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Proctor began

When was Proctor founded?

1903

The Proctor post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 180123 years
Founding year: the first Proctor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Proctor’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Proctor are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1982. Watch Proctor change.
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Proctor on the map, 1898 to 1982

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

Proctor on the 1898 USGS mapProctor on the 1901 USGS mapProctor on the 1972 USGS mapProctor on the 1982 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 Proctor.

The story so far

Proctor, in brief

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

Proctor (Cherokee: ᏓᎪᎲᏂ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Proctor had a population of 180.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 231 to 180 (-22%).

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

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Questions about Proctor’s history

What year was Proctor founded?

The Proctor post office opened in 1903, 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 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.