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Tuttle dates to 1889, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns · #78 of 131 in Oklahoma. What drives it

Most of Tuttle was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Its Register listing is the Silver City Cemetery. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1910.

1889founded
1on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
4famous people
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Quick answers

How Tuttle began

When was Tuttle founded?

1889

Tuttle dates its founding to 1889 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1910.

First census: 794 in 19102020 census: 7,413137 years

How historic is Tuttle?

C

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1902.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Tuttle’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Tuttle is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #78 of 131 in Oklahoma. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Tuttle’s overall grade.
Founding era1889, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19406.8% of homes (±2.7) · typical OK town 7.0% · U.S. 8.4%C+National Register1 listing, 1.2 per 10,000 residents · typical OK town 5.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 34%
NewerOlder
Oklahoma towns of 2,500+ (131)Ahead of 41%

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 Tuttle’s 1.2 sits near the middle of its state (39% of Oklahoma towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to C+. The pre-1940 share (±2.7 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1889.

Founding year: Wikidata (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 Tuttle’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 Tuttle are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18934 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1983. Watch Tuttle change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Tuttle’s history is told.

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On the map

Tuttle on the map, 1893 to 1983

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

Tuttle on the 1893 USGS mapTuttle on the 1966 USGS mapTuttle on the 1975 USGS mapTuttle on the 1983 USGS map1893Minco 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 Tuttle.

The story

How Tuttle came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Tuttle.

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Located east of the Chisholm Trail, Tuttle was developed as a farming and ranching community. The town was platted in 1901 and the land was purchased Chickasaw land from the Colbert Family. The town is named after local rancher James H. Tuttle, a Choctaw by marriage and the father of automobile dealer and politico Holmes Tuttle.

At the time of its founding, Tuttle was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.

The right-of-way for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway came from the tribal allotment of Frances Schrock, a Choctaw. Schrock Park is named after her. Tuttle's post office was established in 1902, and the town was incorporated in 1906.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Tuttle, 1889 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889
    FoundingTuttle is established
  3. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1902Post officeThe Tuttle post office opens
  6. 1905Born hereHolmes Paul Tuttle is born here
  7. 1933Born hereClyde Conner is born here
  8. 1980Born hereJason White is born here
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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Every building

Tuttle, building by building, 1916–1922

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Tuttle fire insurance map, 1916, sheet 11916Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Tuttle

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2008
Silver City Cemetery
Silver City Cemetery
Sites
All 1 listings
Silver City CemeterySite · listed 2008

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Tuttle, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,0001920194019601980200020207,413

Grew from 794 people in 1910 to 7,413 in 2020, 9 times over.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

4 famous people were born in Tuttle

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jason WhiteAmerican football player · b. 1980
C
Clyde ConnerAmerican football player · b. 1933
C
Chad RichisonChief Executive Officer
H
Holmes Paul TuttleAmerican businessman · b. 1905
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Oklahoma City148 historic placesBBridge CreekIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNewcastleIts storyD

Questions about Tuttle’s history

What year was Tuttle founded?

In 1889, according to Wikidata. Tuttle’s post office opened in 1902, and the census of 1910 counted 794 people here.

How does Tuttle rank for history?

Tuttle is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns, #78 of 131 in Oklahoma. 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.

What is on the National Register in Tuttle?

One place: the Silver City Cemetery (listed 2008).

How old are the homes in Tuttle?

7% of Tuttle’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.7 points), against a typical 7.0% for an Oklahoma town; the median home was built in 1996.

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.