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Residents of the young community applied for a United States Post Office to be established using the name "Pearl City." Postal officials did not agree to their choice of names, doubtless because of the existence of a post office at Pearl in Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory. Federal officials were already anticipating the union of the "twin territories" into a single state, and postal officials did not want two post offices in the same state using such similar names. They substituted Ashland instead, and a post office opened at Ashland, Indian Territory on October 1, 1902. At the time of its founding, Ashland was located in Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation.

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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Ashland is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ashland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stuart Hotel in Stuart, 9.7 miles away.

Ashland and the nearest listed places

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Stuart HotelKeel Creek BridgeCapt. Charles LeFlore HousePittsburg School and GymnasiumWaddell's Station SitePerryville

Closest to Ashland

Stuart HotelStuart · Building9.7miKeel Creek BridgeCottonwood · Structure11.6miCapt. Charles LeFlore HouseWardville · Building12.3miPittsburg School and GymnasiumPittsburg · Building12.8miWaddell's Station SiteWardville · Site15.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Stuart Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Ashland?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Ashland’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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