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Welcome to Alsuma ...

Alsuma is located in Tulsa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alsuma, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Alsuma is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Alsuma: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Alsuma ...

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

  • Tulsa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tulsa is located in Tulsa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403,166 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulsa <4>
  • Broken Arrow
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Owasso
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Bixby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jenks
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sapulpa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Glenpool
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Coweta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Collinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alsuma ...

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

Adding Alsuma to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Alsuma post office opened in 1906. The Alsuma post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alsuma.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Tulsa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alsuma - 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 Alsuma area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Alsuma 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/