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Welcome to Braidwood ...

Braidwood is located in Le Flore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Braidwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Braidwood is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Braidwood: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Braidwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Braidwood - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Braidwood ...

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

  • Poteau
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Heavener
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Panama
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Talihina
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wister
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Shady Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Howe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Howe is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <4>
  • McCurtain
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bokoshe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Red Oak
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Braidwood ...

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

Adding Braidwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Braidwood post office opened in 1891. The Braidwood post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Braidwood.

Footnotes ...

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