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Welcome to Alikchi ...

Alikchi is located in McCurtain County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alikchi, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Alikchi is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Alikchi: 580

Communities near Alikchi ...

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

  • Valliant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Wright City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Towson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sawyer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Millerton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rattan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Garvin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Swink
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rufe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Slim
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Slim is located in McCurtain County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slim

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alikchi ...

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

Adding Alikchi to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alikchi post office opened in 1888. The Alikchi post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alikchi.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including McCurtain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alikchi - 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/