Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1951 on, and the census since 1890.
Oak City dates its founding to 1868 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1890.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oak City’s history is told.
Lost a third of its people between 1910 and 1970, then more than doubled.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Oak City’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oak City yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Oak City is a town in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 595 at the 2020 census.
Oak City was established in 1868. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 578 to 595 (+3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archive1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Utah - Millard County - ED 14-26, ED 14-2…
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
In the archiveSarah Will Harris statue Oak City Cemetery 19652 decades in the archive, from the 1850s to the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Oak City.
1951Oak City sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Oak City.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Oak City’s page.
Retake this view · +15Nobody well known was born in Oak City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
In 1868, according to Wikidata. Oak City’s post office opened in 1874, and the census of 1890 counted 186 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (7), 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.
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