Most of Texanna was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 2000.
The Texanna post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Fishertown (1883) and Onapa (1909), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 2,083 in 20002020 census: 2,293138 years
How historic is Texanna?
D
More historic than 13% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Texanna post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Texanna’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Texanna is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Texanna’s overall grade.
Oklahoma towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Oklahoma town has 5.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Texanna’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (18% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would still be D. The pre-1940 share (±0.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Texanna’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Texanna had its own post office from 1888 to 1940. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Fishertown
1883–1893
Texanna
1888–1940
Onapa
1909–1914
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Onapa
Gone or out of use
Rafter 'R' Ranch Airportairport
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Texanna
FishertownTriplett
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Texanna, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Texanna yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Texanna is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had 2,293 residents. Established in District 12 of the old Indian Territory, its post office existed from June 27, 1888, until July 16, 1940. Texanna's population in the 1905 Territorial Census was 200. It is said to have been named for a settlement of Texas Cherokees. Residents of Texanna now have a Eufaula or Checotah postal address.
Its first post office opened in 1888. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,261 in 2010, 2,293 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Texanna, 1883 to 1963
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Texanna post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Texanna rank for history?
Texanna is more historic than 13% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Texanna?
0.8% of Texanna’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1987.
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).
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.
