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History · Quinlan

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

Quinlan is an unincorporated community in Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Quinlan had a population of 28. It is located on what was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 9 miles (14 km) east of Mooreland. Quinlan began as a small agricultural community, and is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Quinlan 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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Quinlan, decade by decade

Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Quinlan is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Quinlan has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey House in Waynoka, 12.6 miles away.

Quinlan and the nearest listed places

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Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey HouseWaynoka Telephone Exchange BuildingFirst Congregational ChurchWoodward Crystal Beach ParkWoodward Theater, TheWoodward Federal Courthouse and Post Office

Closest to Quinlan

Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey HouseWaynoka · Building12.6miWaynoka Telephone Exchange BuildingWaynoka · Building12.7miFirst Congregational ChurchWaynoka · Building12.9miWoodward Crystal Beach ParkWoodward · District18.4miWoodward Theater, TheWoodward · Built 192919.1mi

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. Waynoka Sante Fe Depot and Harvey House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Quinlan?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Quinlan’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
📜 Mooreland📜 Waynoka📜 Mutual📜 Woodward
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