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Welcome to Arch ...

Arch is located in Pittsburg County<1>.

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

Arch is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arch: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Arch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Arch - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico and Utah.

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

Communities near Arch ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arch ...

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

Adding Arch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arch 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 for Arch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Arch post office opened in 1909.

We also found Arch on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pittsburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arch - 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 Arch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Arch 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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