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History · Westport

Westport was first counted by the census in 1970

Most of Westport was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1970.

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How Westport began

When was Westport founded?

1970

Westport first appears in the census in 1970. Another post office, Dixie (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 146 in 19702020 census: 44856 years
Founding year: the first census.The full story ↓

What stands out about Westport’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 Westport are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Westport’s collection

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

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The story

How Westport came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Westport.

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The city is much newer than most towns in northeast Oklahoma. It was incorporated in the mid 1960s, after completion of Lake Keystone. Most of the residences were built between 1960 and 1979. Its first Federal census reported 146 residents in 1970. The census population previously peaked at 325 in 1990, then dropped to 264 in 2000, perhaps because of major damage inflicted by an F4 tornado that occurred as part of a major tornado outbreak. Both subsequent censuses have reported gains. Over 96 percent of the employed residents commuted to work in Stillwater or Tulsa.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Westport, 1898 to 1958

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Dixie post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1905Post officeThe Dixie post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Westport, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Westport Sign 7-20262026Westport Sign 7-2026Westport Baptist Church 7-20262026Westport Baptist Church 7-2026
On the map

Westport on the map, 1958 to 1983

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

Westport on the 1958 USGS mapWestport on the 1967 USGS mapWestport on the 1983 USGS map1958Keystone Dam sheet · 1:24,000

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

People over time

Westport, census by census

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Grew from 146 people in 1970 to 448 in 2020, 3 times over.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Westport

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

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Jennifer JonesAmerican actress · b. 1919
Blake EdwardsAmerican film director, screenwriter and produc… · b. 1922
Chet BakerAmerican jazz trumpeter and vocalist · b. 1929
Martin GardnerAmerican mathematics and science writer · b. 1914
Garth BrooksAmerican country music singer and songwriter · b. 1962
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Alfre WoodardAmerican actress · b. 1952
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Dixie, opened and closed inside today’s town.

1cemetery inside Westport
Dixie

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.

Sand Springs3 historic placesCMannfordIts storyD−

Questions about Westport’s history

What year was Westport founded?

The Westport post office opened in 1970, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.