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History · Ringwood

Ringwood’s post office opened in 1894

Most of Ringwood was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1910.

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How Ringwood began

When was Ringwood founded?

1894

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

First census: 271 in 19102020 census: 401132 years
Founding year: the first Ringwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ringwood’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 Ringwood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Mapped building by building4 fire insurance maps, 1902 to 1916, drew every building in Ringwood.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ringwood’s history is told.

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Every building

Ringwood, building by building, 1902–1916

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Ringwood fire insurance map, 1902, sheet 11902Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story so far

Ringwood, in brief

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

Ringwood is a town in Major County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 401 at the 2020 census, down from 497 in 2010. The town was given its name because it was once ringed by woods from northwest to southeast.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 497 to 401 (-19%).

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

By decade

Ringwood, decade by decade

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On the map

Ringwood on the map in 1986

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ringwood.

Ringwood on the 1986 USGS map1986Fairview sheet · 1:100,000

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

People over time

Ringwood, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 497

Between 225 and 497 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Ringwood’s history

What year was Ringwood founded?

The Ringwood post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.