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Welcome to Bluff ...

Bluff is located in Choctaw County<1>.

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

Bluff is 470 feet [143 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bluff: 580

Communities Also Named Bluff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Bluff - they are located in Alabama, Alaska (2), Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Bluff ...

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

  • Hugo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Hugo is located in Choctaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <3>
  • Boswell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sawyer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Sawyer is located in Choctaw County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sawyer <3>
  • Soper
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Toco
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toco
    • Toco is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Garretts Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garretts Bluff
    • Garretts Bluff is located in Lamar County (TX)
  • Razor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Razor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Razor
    • Razor is located in Lamar County (TX)
  • Belk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belk have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
    • Belk is located in Lamar County (TX)
  • Chicota
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Grant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bluff ...

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

Adding Bluff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bluff post office opened in 1901.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bluff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bluff - 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>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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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