The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Meno is named after Mennonite leader Menno Simons, and was founded on October 19, 1899 by David Koehn, who omitted one "n" when filling out the Post Office application form. Jacob A. Wedel served as the first postmaster. Meno was originally part of Woods County, until statehood in 1907, at which time it fell within Major County. Many of the original inhabitants were Mennonites of Polish and Russian Mennonite descent. who established the New Hopedale Mennonite Church. It was the previous home of the Oklahoma Bible Academy, originally established in 1911 by the New Hopedale Mennonite Church as Meno Preparatory School, until it was moved to nearby Enid in 1983.
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Start Meno’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meno’s history is told.
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Nothing in Meno is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Meno has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bank of Drummond in Drummond, 9.9 miles away.
Meno 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.