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The story

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A post office was established at Caney Switch, Indian Territory for a short time in 1879. The post office took its name from nearby Caney Creek, and referred to the cane brakes along the course of the waterway. The post office was reestablished one mile south as Caney, Indian Territory on June 20, 1888, taking its name from the former post office at Caney Switch. The communities were both station stops on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad.

At the time of their founding, the communities were located in Atoka County, Choctaw Nation, a part of the Pushmataha District.

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Famous people close to Caney

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Lowell FulsonLowell FulsonAtoka · 12 miPatrick J. HurleyPatrick J. HurleyLehigh · 17 miRFRalph FaudreeDurant · 19 miCRCrystal RobinsonAtoka · 12 miWWWarren WombleDurant · 19 miPatrick SmithPatrick SmithCoalgate · 20 mi
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Caney, decade by decade

Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Caney is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Caney has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Caddo Community Building in Caddo, 8 miles away.

Caney and the nearest listed places

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Caddo Community BuildingBoggy Depot SiteDunbar SchoolJoe Ralls HouseFirst Presbyterian ChurchPioneer Club

Closest to Caney

Caddo Community BuildingCaddo · Built 19368miBoggy Depot SiteColeman · Site8.1miDunbar SchoolAtoka · Building10.9miJoe Ralls HouseAtoka · Building11.4miFirst Presbyterian ChurchAtoka · Building11.5mi

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. Caddo Community Building’s page links to a real one.
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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.

Stories next door

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