The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established at Fanshawe, Indian Territory on March 31, 1891. The town was named after John R. Fanshawe, an employee of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, which built through the area in 1889–90; however, the town had no role in choosing the name. Railroad executives and investors made an inspection trip on the newly built line; at each designated station a name was drawn from a hat, and that name was used to designate the new town. At the time of its founding, Fanshawe was located in the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fanshawe’s history is told.
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Fanshawe, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Fanshawe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fanshawe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Edwards Store in Fanshawe, 4.2 miles away.
Fanshawe 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.