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History · Sparrowhawk

Half of Sparrowhawk’s homes were built after 1997

Most of Sparrowhawk was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sparrowhawk’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 Sparrowhawk are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18984 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1982. Watch Sparrowhawk change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sparrowhawk’s history is told.

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On the map

Sparrowhawk on the map, 1898 to 1982

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

Sparrowhawk on the 1898 USGS mapSparrowhawk on the 1901 USGS mapSparrowhawk on the 1972 USGS mapSparrowhawk on the 1982 USGS map1898Tahlequah 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 Sparrowhawk.

The story so far

Sparrowhawk, in brief

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

Sparrowhawk is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 202 as of the 2020 Census, up from the population of 191 reported as of the 2010 census, at which time the CDP was known as Scraper. The older name of the community was given for Captain Archibald Scraper of the 2nd Regiment, Indian Home Guard. Sparrowhawk takes its name from Sparrow Hawk Mountain, which occupies most of the CDP.

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

Sparrowhawk, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 475

Between 191 and 475 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Pumpkin HollowIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Sparrowhawk’s history

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.