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History · Snake Creek

Half of Snake Creek’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Snake Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1896 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Snake Creek’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 Snake Creek 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 Snake Creek change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Snake Creek’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Snake Creek on the map, 1896 to 1985

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

Snake Creek on the 1896 USGS mapSnake Creek on the 1901 USGS mapSnake Creek on the 1972 USGS mapSnake Creek 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 Snake Creek.

The story so far

Snake Creek, in brief

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

Snake Creek (Cherokee: ᎢᎾᏛᏱ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 255 at the 2020 census.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 257 in 2010, 255 in 2020.

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

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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People over time

Snake Creek, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 298

Between 255 and 298 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Snake Creek

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

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Gary ConditAmerican politician · b. 1948
Bob JohnsonAmerican left fielder · b. 1905
Carl BelewAmerican country music singer and songwriter · b. 1931
Johnny RayAmerican baseball player · b. 1957
Roy Boney Jr.Cherokee Nation artist and animator, working in… · b. 1978
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Paddy MayesAmerican baseball player · b. 1885
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Little RockIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRose1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIron PostIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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) 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.