Welcome to Gerlane ...

Gerlane is located in Barber County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gerlane, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Gerlane is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gerlane lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Gerlane: 620

Communities near Gerlane ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gerlane.

• Medicine Lodge
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Medicine Lodge is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Lodge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,804 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Lodge <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Medicine Lodge
  • From Gerlane to Medicine Lodge
• Kiowa
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kiowa is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
  • Kiowa has also been known as:
  • Kiowa
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kiowa
  • From Gerlane to Kiowa
• Attica
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Attica is located in Harper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <3>
• Burlington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Burlington is located in Alfalfa County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Burlington
  • From Gerlane to Burlington
• Hardtner
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hardtner is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardtner
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hardtner <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hardtner
  • From Gerlane to Hardtner
• Sharon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sharon is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
  • Former name for Sharon:
  • Bible Valley
• Hazelton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazelton is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hazelton
  • From Gerlane to Hazelton
• Capron
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Capron is located in Woods County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Capron
  • From Gerlane to Capron
• Pixley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pixley is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pixley
  • From Gerlane to Pixley
• Stubbs
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Stubbs is located in Barber County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Stubbs
  • From Gerlane to Stubbs

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gerlane. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gerlane.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gerlane. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gerlane.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gerlane. See our Newspapers Page for Gerlane.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gerlane ...

Looking for more information about Gerlane? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gerlane, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gerlane.

Adding Gerlane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gerlane in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Gerlane was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gerlane post office opened in 1909. The Gerlane post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gerlane.