Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Simms was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1982. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 2000.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Simms’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Simms yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Simms is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 261 as of the 2020 census, down from 325 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 325 to 261 (-20%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Simms. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Simms.
Between 261 and 325 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Simms’ Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Simms itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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) 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.
