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History · Tryon

Tryon’s post office opened in 1899, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1910.

1899first post office
0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
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How Tryon began

When was Tryon founded?

1899

The Tryon post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 176 in 19102020 census: 378127 years
Founding year: the first Tryon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tryon’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 Tryon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 514 in 1990; 378 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tryon’s history is told.

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People over time

Tryon, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 514

Peaked at 514 in 1990; 378 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Tryon, in brief

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

Tryon (Iowa-Oto: Ahéri Chína^iñe, meaning: "On-hill town little") is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tryon had a population of 378. The community is named after early land owner Fred S. Tryon.

Its first post office opened in 1899. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 491 to 378 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Tryon, 1899 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Tryon post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 514
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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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On the map

Tryon on the map, 1908 to 1975

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

Tryon on the 1908 USGS mapTryon on the 1975 USGS map1908Agra 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 Tryon.

Famous people

Famous people close to Tryon

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

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James MarsdenAmerican actor · b. 1973
Chet BakerAmerican jazz trumpeter and vocalist · b. 1929
Tyson RitterAmerican singer · b. 1984
Matt HollidayAmerican professional baseball player, outfield… · b. 1980
Ben ClineAmerican politician in Virginia · b. 1972
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Charlie HoagBasketball player · b. 1931

Questions about Tryon’s history

What year was Tryon founded?

The Tryon post office opened in 1899, 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, 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.