The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCartwright is an unincorporated rural community and census-designated place in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 492.' The post office opened April 25, 1940, and it is one of the newest communities in Bryan County. The ZIP code is 74731. It is named for Congressman Wilburn Cartwright. Cartwright was established because of the construction of Denison Dam when a community of shelters for workmen was erected.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 609 to 492 (-19%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cartwright 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.
Start Cartwright’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cartwright’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cartwright, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Cartwright is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cartwright has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Colbert's Ferry Site in Colbert, 3.1 miles away.
Cartwright 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 (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.