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History · Skedee

Skedee’s post office opened in 1902, and 52% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1929 on, and the census since 1910.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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How Skedee began

When was Skedee founded?

1902

The Skedee post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 289 in 19102020 census: 62124 years
Founding year: the first Skedee post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Skedee’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Skedee’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How Skedee came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Skedee.

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Skedee was known as "Lemert", a name which referred to the local landowners, the Lemert family. In 1902, when the post office opened, the town was renamed "Skedee", after the Skidi Pawnee.

In 1900–1904, the Eastern Oklahoma Railway built a railway line through Skedee. Steam engines stopped at Crystal Creek for water. A cotton gin and a grain elevator were also built.

The rail line was destroyed by flooding in 1957. The Skedee post office later closed in 1963.

In the 21st century, Skedee has become a commuter town, with employed residents commuting to work in Stillwater and Pawnee.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Skedee, 1902 to 1963

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Skedee post office opens
  3. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1963Post officeThe Skedee post office closes
By decade

Skedee, decade by decade

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Skedee, OK - Abandoned School2023Skedee, OK - Abandoned School
On the map

Skedee on the map, 1929 to 1978

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

Skedee on the 1929 USGS mapSkedee on the 1931 USGS mapSkedee on the 1978 USGS map1929Skedee 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 Skedee.

Then & now

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People over time

Skedee, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 289

Between 51 and 289 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Skedee had its own post office from 1902 to 1963.

Skedee
1902–1963
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Skedee’s history

What year was Skedee founded?

The Skedee post office opened in 1902, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, 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.