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History · Mehan

Mehan’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Mehan. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mehan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Mehan had a population of 34. The CDP is in central Payne County, on the northeast side of the valley of Stillwater Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Cimarron River. Mehan is 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Stillwater, the Payne county seat, and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Perkins.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mehan 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 Mehan’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Mehan

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James MarsdenJames MarsdenStillwater · 10 miChet BakerChet BakerYale · 14 miSaginaw GrantSaginaw GrantPawnee · 23 miTyson RitterTyson RitterStillwater · 10 miCGChester GouldPawnee · 23 miMatt HollidayMatt HollidayStillwater · 10 mi
By decade

Mehan, decade by decade

Before
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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mehan is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mehan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Irvings Castle in Mehan, 2.9 miles away.

Mehan and the nearest listed places

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Irvings CastleHopkins Sandstone House and FarmsteadPerkins Downtown Historic DistrictStillwater Santa Fe DepotLytton Building-Masonic HallCitizens Bank Building

Closest to Mehan

Irvings CastleMehan · Site2.9miHopkins Sandstone House and FarmsteadRipley · District4.4miPerkins Downtown Historic DistrictPerkins · Romanesque Revival7.2miStillwater Santa Fe DepotStillwater · Building7.9miLytton Building-Masonic HallStillwater · Building8mi

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. Irvings Castle’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mehan?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mehan’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

nearby towns’ history
📜 Ripley📜 Perkins📜 Stillwater📜 Cushing
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