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Welcome to Chigley ...

Chigley is located in Murray County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chigley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Chigley is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Chigley: 580

Communities near Chigley ...

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

  • Pauls Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sulphur
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Davis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wynnewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stratford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Elmore City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Roff
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Roff is located in Pontotoc County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roff <3>
  • Paoli
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Katie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Katie is located in Garvin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
  • Mill Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chigley ...

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

Adding Chigley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chigley 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 Chigley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Chigley post office opened in 1900. The Chigley post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chigley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Murray, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chigley - 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>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/