The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established at Paoli, Indian Territory on June 27, 1888. It took its name from Paoli, Pennsylvania. At the time of its founding, Paoli was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Paoli’s history is told.
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Paoli, decade by decade
Before
2000
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.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Paoli is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Paoli has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Garvin County Courthouse in Pauls Valley, 6.4 miles away.
Paoli and the nearest listed places
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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. Garvin County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Paoli?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Paoli’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational 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.