[4] The community of Jet was founded by the Jett brothers,[5] six unmarried brothers named Joseph, Trigg, Newt, Warner, John, and Richard Jett, who established homesteads in the former Cherokee Outlet, shortly after its opening to settlement by non-Indians.

The Jet post office was established in 1894, when it was moved from nearby Barrel Springs which was about 1.5 miles northeast.

[9] The Frisco Townsite Company, owned by the Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad (DE&G) (acquired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1907), surveyed a plot of land about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the original town and relocated Jet during 1905-1906.

[citation needed] By August 1907, the town had Baptist, Mennonite, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches in addition to seven general stores, two banks, two hotels, two grain elevators, plus a small school under construction.

[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2), all land.

Tourism has bolstered the economy since the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1930.

Jet is currently a part of Timberlake Regional School District, which also serves the towns of Nash, Nescatunga, Goltry, and Helena.