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History · Talihina

Talihina’s post office opened in 1887, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Talihina was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 14 buildings. Below: 5 old photos and papers from 1910 on.

1887first post office
1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
6famous people
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From Talihina’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Talihina began

When was Talihina founded?

1887

The Talihina post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 925139 years
Founding year: the first Talihina post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
The story

How Talihina came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Talihina.

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The community was founded as a station stop on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, which opened through the Indian Territory in June 1887. A post office opened at Talihina, Indian Territory on November 30, 1887. Talihina is the Choctaw Indian word for "Ironroad."

At the time of its founding, Talihina was located in Wade County, a part of the Apukshunnubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Talihina, 1887 to 1989

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1887Post officeThe Talihina post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1910In the archiveTalihina, Okla. High School building
  5. 1917Born hereBob Neighbors is born here
  6. 1941In the archiveIndian hospital
  7. 1944Born hereLes Berryhill is born here
  8. 1974Born hereShawn Pittman is born here
  9. 1989Born hereLane Adams is born here
By decade

Talihina, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1940s5 items
Talihina, Okla. High School building1910Talihina, Okla. High School buildingIndian hospitalc. 1941Indian hospitalPostcardIndian hospitalc. 1941Indian hospitalPostcardIndian hospitalc. 1941Indian hospitalPostcardIndian hospitalc. 1941Indian hospitalPostcard
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Talihina November 2016 01 (First Methodist Church)2016Talihina November 2016 01 (First Methodist Church)
Then & now

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Talihina, Okla. High School building
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 14 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
14
each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival1
All 1 listings
Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis SanatoriumDistrict · listed 2011

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

6 famous people were born in Talihina

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Lane AdamsAmerican baseball player · b. 1989
B
Bob NeighborsAmerican baseball player · b. 1917
L
Les BerryhillNative American artist · b. 1944
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Shawn PittmanAmerican blues rock singer and multi-instrument… · b. 1974
E
Eber HamptonAmerican Chickasaw academic and public figure
J
Jim WadeAmerican football player · b. 1926
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Finish Talihina’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Questions about Talihina’s history

What year was Talihina founded?

The Talihina post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Talihina?

One place: the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium (listed 2011).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (5), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.