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History · Stidham

Stidham’s post office opened in 1897, and 29% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1910.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
29%homes built before 1940
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How Stidham began

When was Stidham founded?

1897

The Stidham post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 116 in 19102020 census: 17129 years
Founding year: the first Stidham post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Stidham’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 Stidham are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Stidham, in brief

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

Stidham is a town in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 17 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 18 to 17 (-6%).

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

By decade

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On the map

Stidham on the map in 1963

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Stidham.

Stidham on the 1963 USGS map1963Stidham sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Stidham.

People over time

Stidham, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 116

Between 17 and 116 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Stidham

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

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Will SampsonMuscogee Creek actor from Oklahoma · b. 1933
Oscar PettifordAmerican musician · b. 1922
John Hope FranklinAfrican-American historian · b. 1915
Dave ObeyAmerican politician · b. 1938
Donna NelsonAmerican chemist · b. 1954
J. C. WattsAmerican politician · b. 1957

Questions about Stidham’s history

What year was Stidham founded?

The Stidham post office opened in 1897, 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 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.