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

Simms is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 261 as of the 2020 census, down from 325 in 2010.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 325 to 261 (-20%). Half of its homes were built before 1982.

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

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Famous people close to Simms

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Sim InessSim InessKeota · 17 miWilliam Grady StiglerWilliam Grady StiglerStigler · 10 miFrederick F. HenryFrederick F. HenryVian · 13 miBDBob DunnBraggs · 18 miJWJohn WhisenantGore · 10 miSOSteve OwensGore · 10 mi
By decade

Simms, 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 Simms is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Simms has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Stigler School Gymnasium-Auditorium in Stigler, 9.9 miles away.

Simms and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Simms. Tap a dot.
Stigler School Gymnasium-AuditoriumTamaha Jail and Ferry LandingHaskell County CourthouseEdmund McCurtain HouseGreen McCurtain HouseCotton Storage House

Closest to Simms

Stigler School Gymnasium-AuditoriumStigler · Built 19369.9miTamaha Jail and Ferry LandingTamaha · Building10.5miHaskell County CourthouseStigler · Built 193111.1miEdmund McCurtain HouseLequire · Built 186618.7miGreen McCurtain HouseLequire · Building18.7mi

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. Stigler School Gymnasium-Auditorium’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Simms?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Simms’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
📜 Porum📜 Webbers Falls📜 Tamaha📜 Stigler
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