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History · Titanic

Titanic’s post office opened in 1916, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1898 on.

1916first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Titanic began

When was Titanic founded?

1916

The Titanic post office opened in 1916, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 259110 years
Founding year: the first Titanic post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Titanic’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 Titanic 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 Titanic change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Titanic’s history is told.

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On the map

Titanic on the map, 1898 to 1982

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

Titanic on the 1898 USGS mapTitanic on the 1901 USGS mapTitanic on the 1972 USGS mapTitanic 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 Titanic.

The story so far

Titanic, in brief

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

Titanic (Cherokee: ᏗᏗᏍᏗ ᏧᏂᏗᏍᏗ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Titanic had a population of 259. A post office was established in Titanic, on January 3, 1916, but discontinued on December 31, 1927, with mail to Stilwell.

Its first post office opened in 1916. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 356 to 259 (-27%).

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

Timeline

Titanic, 1898 to 1927

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Post officeThe Titanic post office opens
  5. 1927Post officeThe Titanic post office closes
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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Famous people

Famous people close to Titanic

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

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Atalie UnkaluntCherokee singer, activist, and designer · b. 1895
Clement V. RogersSenator and judge · b. 1839
Ned ChristieCherokee leader · b. 1852
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Donald VannNative American painter · b. 1949
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John Auffetb. 1945
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Titanic had its own post office from 1916 to 1927.

Titanic
1916–1927
19101970today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Titanic
FreewaterSpade Mountain

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.

Wauhillau1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Titanic’s history

What year was Titanic founded?

The Titanic post office opened in 1916, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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, 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.