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Welcome to Alden ...

Alden is located in Caddo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Alden is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Alden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Alden - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Alden ...

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

  • Carnegie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Apache
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Cobb
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Medicine Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Gotebo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Cooperton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooperton is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Meers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • The Holy City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • The Holy City is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Holy City
  • Lakeside Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeside Village is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alden ...

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

Adding Alden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alden 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 Alden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Alden post office opened in 1901. The Alden post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Caddo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/