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History · Reagan

Reagan’s post office opened in 1894, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1901 on.

1894first post office
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17%homes built before 1940
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How Reagan began

When was Reagan founded?

1894

The Reagan post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 67132 years
Founding year: the first Reagan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Reagan’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 Reagan are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19013 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1985. Watch Reagan change.
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On the map

Reagan on the map, 1901 to 1985

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

Reagan on the 1901 USGS mapReagan on the 1967 USGS mapReagan on the 1985 USGS map1901Tishomingo 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 Reagan.

The story so far

Reagan, in brief

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

Reagan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 67 as of the 2020 Census. A post office operated in Reagan from 1894 to 1931. The town was named after John Henninger Reagan who was Postmaster General of the Confederate States of America.

Its first post office opened in 1894.

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

Timeline

Reagan, 1894 to 1931

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894Post officeThe Reagan post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1908Born hereEuel Moore is born here
  6. 1931Post officeThe Reagan post office closes
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Reagan had its own post office from 1894 to 1931.

Reagan
1894–1931
18901960today

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

Questions about Reagan’s history

What year was Reagan founded?

The Reagan post office opened in 1894, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.