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History · Rocky Point

Half of Rocky Point’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Rocky Point was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1896 on.

0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Rocky Point’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 Rocky Point are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18964 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1985. Watch Rocky Point change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rocky Point’s history is told.

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On the map

Rocky Point on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Rocky Point on the 1896 USGS mapRocky Point on the 1901 USGS mapRocky Point on the 1970 USGS mapRocky Point on the 1985 USGS map1896Pryor 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 Rocky Point.

The story

How Rocky Point came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Rocky Point.

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The wider Wagoner County region shows evidence of prehistoric settlement, including sites attributed to the Caddoan Mound Builders (c. AD 300–1200) and the Norman Site near present‑day Taylor Ferry, which archaeologists describe as a sociopolitical center dating to c. AD 1200–1400. The modern landscape of the area was shaped in 1942 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impounded the Grand (Neosho) River to create Fort Gibson Lake, which increased tourism and outdoor recreation around the reservoir. Nearby Fort Gibson was established in 1824 and later designated a National Historic Landmark; it remains open to the public.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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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Famous people

Famous people close to Rocky Point

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

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Alice Mary RobertsonAmerican politician · b. 1854
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Bob BogleAmerican musician · b. 1934
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Lee WileyAmerican singer · b. 1908
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Lou HensonAmerican basketball coach and former player · b. 1932
Chuck CorganAmerican MLB and NFL athlete · b. 1902
Dante SwansonAmerican basketball player · b. 1981
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.