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History · Wauhillau

Wauhillau’s post office opened in 1879, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Wauhillau was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Its Register listing is the Golda's Mill. Below: maps from 1898 on.

1879first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Wauhillau began

When was Wauhillau founded?

1879

The Wauhillau post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 307147 years
Founding year: the first Wauhillau post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wauhillau’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 Wauhillau are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1972. Watch Wauhillau change.
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Start Wauhillau’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wauhillau’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Wauhillau on the map, 1898 to 1972

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

Wauhillau on the 1898 USGS mapWauhillau on the 1901 USGS mapWauhillau on the 1972 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 Wauhillau.

The story so far

Wauhillau, in brief

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

Wauhillau (Cherokee: ᎠᏬᎯᎶ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wauhillau had a population of 307.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 345 to 307 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Wauhillau, 1852 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1852Born hereNed Christie is born here
  3. 1879Post officeThe Wauhillau post office opens
  4. 1898On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1935Post officeThe Wauhillau 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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On the National Register

1 historic place in Wauhillau

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
1972
Golda's Mill
Golda's Mill
Buildings
Golda's MillBuilding

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Wauhillau had its own post office from 1879 to 1935.

Wauhillau
1879–1935
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Spade Mountain
1cemetery inside Wauhillau
Stony Point

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.

TitanicIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Wauhillau’s history

What year was Wauhillau founded?

The Wauhillau post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Wauhillau?

One place: the Golda's Mill (listed 1972).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.