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Welcome to Arpelar ...

Arpelar is located in Pittsburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arpelar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Arpelar is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Arpelar: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Arpelar ...

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

  • McAlester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Krebs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Krebs is located in Pittsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krebs <4>
  • Kiowa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Kiowa is located in Pittsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <4>
  • Savanna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Alderson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Calvin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Pittsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stuart
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Lamar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Indianola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arpelar ...

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

Adding Arpelar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arpelar post office opened in 1903. The Arpelar post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arpelar.

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 Arpelar - 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 Arpelar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Arpelar 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/