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The story

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The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") built a station at this site in 1899, which it named Copan, after the city of Copán, Honduras. However, when a post office was established here in 1900, it was designated as Lawton. The settlement was renamed Weldon in 1901, but reverted to Copan in 1904. It was incorporated under that name in Indian Territory in 1906. The Copan school district was founded in 1906, as well. By 1907, the town had 305 residents.

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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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Map of Montgomery Co, Ks, USAMapMap of Montgomery Co, Ks, USA2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Copan is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Copan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is C.A. Comer House in Dewey, 6.6 miles away.

Copan and the nearest listed places

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C.A. Comer HouseDewey HotelFirst United Methodist ChurchNellie Johnstone No. 1Washington County Memorial HospitalOld Washington County Courthouse

Closest to Copan

C.A. Comer HouseDewey · Building6.6miDewey HotelDewey · Building7miFirst United Methodist ChurchBartlesville · Building10.2miNellie Johnstone No. 1Bartlesville · Structure10.3miWashington County Memorial HospitalBartlesville · Building10.6mi

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. C.A. Comer House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Copan?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Copan’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.

Stories next door

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📜 Wann📜 Dewey📜 Caney📜 Tyro

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