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History · Tribbey

Tribbey’s post office opened in 1905

Most of Tribbey was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1910 on and the census since 1980.

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How Tribbey began

When was Tribbey founded?

1905

The Tribbey post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 215 in 19802020 census: 337121 years
Founding year: the first Tribbey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tribbey’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 Tribbey are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19103 editions of the USGS map, 1910 to 1975. Watch Tribbey change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tribbey’s history is told.

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On the map

Tribbey on the map, 1910 to 1975

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

Tribbey on the 1910 USGS mapTribbey on the 1958 USGS mapTribbey on the 1975 USGS map1910McComb sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Tribbey, in brief

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

Tribbey is a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.The community was named for Alpheus M. Tribbey, landowner. The locale is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county. The population was 337 by the 2020 United States census.

Its first post office opened in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 391 to 337 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Tribbey, 1905 to 1958

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905Post officeThe Tribbey post office opens
  3. 1910On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1958Post officeThe Tribbey 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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People over time

Tribbey, census by census

0100200300400198020002020Peak: 391

Between 215 and 391 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Tribbey

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

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Brad PittAmerican actor · b. 1963
James GarnerAmerican film and television actor · b. 1928
Karl Guthe JanskyAmerican physicist and radio engineer · b. 1905
Gordon CooperAmerican astronaut · b. 1927
Wanda JacksonAmerican singer, songwriter, pianist and guitar… · b. 1937
Vince GillAmerican country musician · b. 1957
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Tribbey had its own post office from 1905 to 1958.

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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Tribbey’s history

What year was Tribbey founded?

The Tribbey post office opened in 1905, 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, 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.