The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusReydon is a town in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States. Reydon was established in 1928 after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway put down rails in the area, purchased land from local farmers, and laid out a townsite. The site was two miles north of a settlement called Rankin, and Rankin merchants moved to the site because of the rail connection. However, the name “Rankin” was considered confusing because Rankin, Texas was also along the railline. So the town was named Reydon instead, either in honor of a railroad executive in Chicago, or in honor of the village of Reydon in Suffolk County, England. The population of the town peaked at 331 in 1950. In December 2003 the New Yor…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 210 to 137 (-35%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Reydon 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 Reydon’s history is told.
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Reydon, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Reydon is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Reydon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Break O'Day Farm in Durham, 7.9 miles away.
Reydon and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.