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Randlett dates to 1906

Most of Randlett was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1910.

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How Randlett began

When was Randlett founded?

1906

Randlett dates its founding to 1906 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 574 in 19102020 census: 289120 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1907.The full story ↓

What stands out about Randlett’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

How Randlett came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Randlett.

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The town of Randlett was named for James F. Randlett, an agent for the Comanche and Kiowa. It was platted in 1906, and the lots were sold at a public auction on May 13, 1907. By 1910, it had a population of 574. An attempt to attract a railroad failed, but Randlett still prospered as an agricultural center. A brief oil and gas drilling boom occurred in the 1910s and 20s.

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Timeline

Randlett, 1906 to 1957

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906
    FoundingRandlett is established
  3. 1907Post officeThe Randlett post office opens
  4. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Randlett, decade by decade

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On the map

Randlett on the map, 1957 to 1985

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

Randlett on the 1957 USGS mapRandlett on the 1985 USGS map1957Randlett sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Randlett, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 574

Between 257 and 574 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Randlett’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Randlett’s history

What year was Randlett founded?

In 1906, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Randlett’s post office opened in 1907, and the census of 1910 counted 574 people here.

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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 (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.