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History · Wann

Wann’s post office opened in 1899, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1910.

1899first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Wann began

When was Wann founded?

1899

The Wann post office opened in 1899, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Coon (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 286 in 19102020 census: 95127 years
Founding year: the first Wann post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Wann’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 Wann are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19014 editions of the USGS map, 1901 to 1985. Watch Wann change.Boom and bustPeaked at 404 in 1920; 95 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wann’s history is told.

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On the map

Wann on the map, 1901 to 1985

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

Wann on the 1901 USGS mapWann on the 1914 USGS mapWann on the 1972 USGS mapWann on the 1985 USGS map1901Nowata 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 Wann.

People over time

Wann, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 404

Peaked at 404 in 1920; 95 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Wann came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Wann.

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The town of Wann has connections to both Cherokee and Eastern Delaware origins. The town and a nearby creek were originally named Coon, after a Delaware family, when the first post office opened July 26, 1895. The town was renamed Wann on October 13, 1899, to honor a local Cherokee, Robert F. Wann. The town was a station on the stage route between Coffeyville, Kansas and Bartlesville, Indian Territory. When the Katy Railroad built its track northwest of town in 1902, the townspeople relocated to be nearer the Wann railroad station.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Wann, 1895 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Coon post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Coon post office closes
  4. 1899Post officeThe Wann post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 404
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Wann

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

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Mark PriceAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1964
Johnny RutherfordAmerican racecar driver · b. 1938
Mildred BurkeAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1915
Patrick CranshawAmerican actor · b. 1919
Phil EhartAmerican rock drummer, songwriter · b. 1950
Eva JessyeAmerican conductor · b. 1895
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Wann’s post office has been open since 1899. Another post office, Coon, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Coon
1895–1899
Wann
1899–today
18901960today

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

Questions about Wann’s history

What year was Wann founded?

The Wann post office opened in 1899, 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 Wikipedia, 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.