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History · Reydon

Reydon dates to 1928, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 1930.

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0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Reydon began

When was Reydon founded?

1928

Reydon dates its founding to 1928 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1930.

First census: 216 in 19302020 census: 13798 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1929.

What stands out about Reydon’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 Reydon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 331 in 1950; 137 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Reydon’s history is told.

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People over time

Reydon, census by census

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Peaked at 331 in 1950; 137 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story so far

Reydon, in brief

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

Reydon is a town in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States. Reydon was established in 1928 after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway put down rails in the area, purchased land from local farmers, and laid out a townsite. The site was two miles north of a settlement called Rankin, and Rankin merchants moved to the site because of the rail connection. However, the name “Rankin” was considered confusing because Rankin, Texas was also along the railline. So the town was named Reydon instead, either in honor of a railroad executive in Chicago, or in honor of the village of Reydon in Suffolk County, England. The population of the town peaked at 331 in 1950. In December 2003 the New Yor…

Reydon was established in 1928. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 210 to 137 (-35%).

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

Timeline

Reydon, 1928 to 1961

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1928
    FoundingReydon is established
  3. 1929Post officeThe Reydon post office opens
  4. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 331
  5. 1961On 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

Reydon on the map, 1961 to 1998

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

Reydon on the 1961 USGS mapReydon on the 1989 USGS mapReydon on the 1998 USGS map1961Reydon 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 Reydon.

Famous people

Famous people close to Reydon

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

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Alan BeanAmerican astronaut and painter · b. 1932
Jimmy WebbAmerican songwriter, composer, and singer · b. 1946
Sheb WooleyAmerican musician and actor · b. 1921
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Tex GibbonsBasketball player · b. 1907
Frank LucasAmerican politician · b. 1960
Grant WoodsArizona attorney general · b. 1954

Questions about Reydon’s history

What year was Reydon founded?

In 1928, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Reydon’s post office opened in 1929, and the census of 1930 counted 216 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 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.