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Welcome to Akins ...

Akins is located in Sequoyah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Akins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Akins is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Akins: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Akins ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Akins - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Akins.

Communities near Akins ...

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

  • Van Buren
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Van Buren is located in Crawford County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,812 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <4>
  • Sallisaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Roland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Muldrow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Spiro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Spiro is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <4>
  • Arkoma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedarville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Vian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <4>
  • Fort Coffee
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
  • Gans
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gans is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gans
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gans <4>

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 Akins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Akins.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Akins. 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 Akins.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Akins ...

Looking for more information about Akins? 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 Akins, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Akins.

Adding Akins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Akins 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 Akins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Akins post office opened in 1894. The Akins post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Akins.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Sequoyah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Akins - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Akins area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Akins area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/