Carmen’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Carmen. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCarmen is a town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Carmen had a population of 360.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 355 people in 2010, 360 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1952.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carmen 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Carmen’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carmen’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOklahoma Odd Fellow's Home, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Carmen
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Carmen, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Carmen
2 places in Carmen are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Oklahoma Odd Fellow's Home (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.