Mead’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mead. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMead is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mead had a population of 227. Mead was originally named after C.W. Meade, the first postmaster, but the town later dropped the final "e" of the name.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 122 to 227 (+86%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mead 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 Mead’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mead’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTownsite Limits of Mead Chickasaw…, 1902: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mead, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Mead is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mead has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Carriage Point in Durant, 3.8 miles away.
Mead 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 Townsite Limits of Mead Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, Depot Station and Grounds on the Center Line of the Arkansa… (1902) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.