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Strang’s history is
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The story

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Strang was surveyed in 1913 by the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (later the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway), who were building tracks towards Wagoner. A post office was also established in 1913, replacing the nearby Lynch post office, and the town was incorporated in 1921. It was named for Clarita Strang Kenefic, wife of railroad developer William Kenefic.

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Famous people close to Strang

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Phil McGrawPhil McGrawVinita · 17 miMickey MantleMickey MantleSpavinaw · 5 miJim EdgarJim EdgarVinita · 17 miRalph TerryRalph TerryBig Cabin · 10 miDurbin FeelingDurbin FeelingLocust Grove · 15 miGary ConditGary ConditSalina · 8 mi
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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 Strang is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Strang has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cabin Creek Battlefield in Pensacola, 5 miles away.

Strang and the nearest listed places

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Cabin Creek BattlefieldPensacola DamLewis Ross/Cherokee Orphan Asylum SpringhouseMcDougal Filling StationAttucks SchoolSpraker Service Station

Closest to Strang

Cabin Creek BattlefieldPensacola · Site5miPensacola DamLangley · District6.9miLewis Ross/Cherokee Orphan Asylum SpringhouseSalina · Building8.4miMcDougal Filling StationVinita · Building15.1miAttucks SchoolVinita · Building15.2mi

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. Cabin Creek Battlefield’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Strang?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Strang’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

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