The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFinley is an unincorporated community and Census designated place in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, 10 miles northeast of Antlers. As of the 2020 census, Finley had a population of 38. A United States Post Office was established at Finley, Indian Territory on April 30, 1903, and was named for Sidney W. Finley (1869–1914), local merchant and first postmaster. Finley was originally called Cedar Church, then Old Cedar Church, the name of a longstanding Choctaw Indian Methodist congregation established there during Indian Territory days. The congregation took its name from nearby Big Cedar Creek—then known as Cedar Creek. The church appears to have waned during the latter days of the Choctaw Nati…
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Finley 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.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Finley’s history is told.
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Nothing in Finley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Finley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Snow School in Finley, 6.8 miles away.
