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History · Badger Lee

Badger Lee’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Badger Lee. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Badger Lee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Badger Lee had a population of 63.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 76 to 63 (-17%). Half of its homes were built before 1998.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Badger Lee yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Badger Lee

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Sim InessSim InessKeota · 16 miCal SmithCal SmithGans · 9 miJohn JarmanJohn JarmanSallisaw · 1 miFrederick F. HenryFrederick F. HenryVian · 9 miShawntel SmithShawntel SmithMuldrow · 13 miBFBrian FosterSallisaw · 1 mi
By decade

Badger Lee, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Badger Lee is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Badger Lee has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sallisaw High School in Sallisaw, 1.9 miles away.

Badger Lee and the nearest listed places

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Sallisaw High SchoolFirst Presbyterian ChurchHines Round BarnJudge Franklin Faulkner HouseDwight MissionCitizen's State Bank

Closest to Badger Lee

Sallisaw High SchoolSallisaw · Building1.9miFirst Presbyterian ChurchSallisaw · Building2.1miHines Round BarnSallisaw · Building2.4miJudge Franklin Faulkner HouseSallisaw · Built 18452.6miDwight MissionDwight Mission · Building5.4mi

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. Sallisaw High School’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Badger Lee?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Badger Lee’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

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Sallisaw📜 Marble City📜 Vian📜 Gans
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