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History · Quinlan

Quinlan’s post office opened in 1901

Below: maps from 1969 on.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
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How Quinlan began

When was Quinlan founded?

1901

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

2020 census: 28125 years
Founding year: the first Quinlan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Quinlan’s past

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

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The story so far

Quinlan, in brief

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

Quinlan is an unincorporated community in Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Quinlan had a population of 28. It is located on what was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 9 miles (14 km) east of Mooreland. Quinlan began as a small agricultural community, and is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county.

Its first post office opened in 1901.

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

Timeline

Quinlan, 1901 to 1969

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Quinlan post office opens
  3. 1968Post officeThe Quinlan post office closes
  4. 1969On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings 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

Quinlan on the map, 1969 to 1985

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

Quinlan on the 1969 USGS mapQuinlan on the 1985 USGS map1969Quinlan sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Quinlan.

Famous people

Famous people close to Quinlan

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

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James WorkmanAmerican rower · b. 1908
Troy RuttmanAmerican racing driver · b. 1930
Jack GingUnited States actor and sportsman · b. 1931
Wayne GlasgowAmerican basketball player · b. 1926
Olin Earl TeagueAmerican politician · b. 1910
Bob FenimoreAmerican football player · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Quinlan had its own post office from 1901 to 1968.

Quinlan
1901–1968
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Quinlan’s history

What year was Quinlan founded?

The Quinlan 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 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.