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Peavine’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Peavine. 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

Peavine is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Peavine had a population of 372.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 423 to 372 (-12%). Half of its homes were built before 1980.

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

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Atalie UnkaluntAtalie UnkaluntStilwell · 6 miClement V. RogersClement V. RogersWestville · 6 miCJCharley JonesSummers · 9 miGeorge W. BondGeorge W. BondSummers · 9 miNed ChristieNed ChristieWauhillau · 9 miDVDonald VannStilwell · 6 mi
By decade

Peavine, 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 Peavine is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Peavine has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is KCS Railway Depot in Stilwell, 6.1 miles away.

Peavine and the nearest listed places

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KCS Railway DepotAdair County CourthouseEvansville-Dutch Mills Road BridgeLeach, R.L., Grocery StoreOpera BlockBuffington Hotel

Closest to Peavine

KCS Railway DepotStilwell · Built 19156.1miAdair County CourthouseStilwell · Built 19296.1miEvansville-Dutch Mills Road BridgeMorrow · Structure6.4miLeach, R.L., Grocery StoreMorrow · Built 19256.7miOpera BlockWestville · Building6.8mi

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. KCS Railway Depot’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Peavine?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Peavine’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
📜 Stilwell📜 Westville📜 Lincoln📜 Watts
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