TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
VeraGood morning
History · Vera

Vera’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Vera. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
0recent photos

The story

from WikipediaRead it all ↗

Originally known as Evans, the town was renamed Vera in November 1899 and incorporated in 1904. Vera lies seven miles southeast of Ramona and two miles east of U.S. Highway 75. Vera started out as a farming community, with the main crops being corn and hay. Lining the railroad track east of town were hay barns and a grain elevator. After many bountiful harvests of the local prairie hay Vera earned the nickname "the Hay Capital of the World."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Be one of the first

Start Vera’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vera’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Famous people from VeraWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in Vera.Meet them →
By decade

Vera, 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.
📷 Add from your album
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Vera is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Vera has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fox Hotel in Skiatook, 8.3 miles away.

Vera and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Vera. Tap a dot.
Fox HotelMorrow Home PlaceOologah BankOologah PumpI.W.W. Beck BuildingWolverine Oil Company Drayage Barn

Closest to Vera

Fox HotelSkiatook · Building8.3miMorrow Home PlaceCollinsville · Building8.7miOologah BankOologah · Built 190610.2miOologah PumpOologah · Site10.2miI.W.W. Beck BuildingOologah · Built 190710.2mi

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. Fox Hotel’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Vera?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Vera’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
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
📜 Collinsville📜 Ramona📜 Skiatook📜 Avant
The coffee’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Vera, OKView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Vera is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map