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History · Teresita

Teresita’s post office opened in 1911

Most of Teresita was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1899 on.

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How Teresita began

When was Teresita founded?

1911

The Teresita post office opened in 1911, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 188115 years
Founding year: the first Teresita post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Teresita’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 Teresita are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18993 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1972. Watch Teresita change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Teresita’s history is told.

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On the map

Teresita on the map, 1899 to 1972

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

Teresita on the 1899 USGS mapTeresita on the 1904 USGS mapTeresita on the 1972 USGS map1899Siloam Springs 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 Teresita.

The story so far

Teresita, in brief

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

Teresita is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 188 as of the 2020 Census, up from the population of 159 reported at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1911. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 159 to 188 (+18%).

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

Timeline

Teresita, 1899 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911Post officeThe Teresita post office opens
  5. 1954Post officeThe Teresita post office closes
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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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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Teresita had its own post office from 1911 to 1954.

Teresita
1911–1954
19101970today
1cemetery inside Teresita
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

LowreyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJohnson PrairieIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Teresita’s history

What year was Teresita founded?

The Teresita post office opened in 1911, 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, 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.