Fitzhugh’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fitzhugh. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFitzhugh is a town in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 183 at the 2020 census.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 230 to 183 (-20%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fitzhugh 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 Fitzhugh’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fitzhugh’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAdditional Station Grounds, St. L…, 1902: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Fitzhugh
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Fitzhugh, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Fitzhugh is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fitzhugh has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Roff Armory in Roff, 4.8 miles away.
Fitzhugh and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Additional Station Grounds, St. Louis, Oklahoma & Southern RY. at Fitzhugh, I.T (1902) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.