The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The present community of Calvin was established in 1895, when the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad ("CO&G") laid a line through the Choctaw Nation between McAlester (then in Indian Territory) and Oklahoma City (then in Oklahoma Territory). The community was initially called "Riverview", for its location on the south bank of the Canadian River. The Riverview post office was established on March 21, 1895, with John Wilbur as postmaster. The town and post office names were changed to Calvin in June of 1895, to honor the Choctaw landowner Calvin Perry. The Choctaw Nation Town Site Commission surveyed Calvin's site and divided it into 350 lots, which were then put up for sale.
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Start Calvin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Calvin’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Calvin, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Calvin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Calvin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Moss School Gymnasium in Horntown, 7.4 miles away.
Calvin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.