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Welcome to Choska ...

So far, we found very little information about Choska. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Choska to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Choska, please Contact Us.

Choska would have been located within present day Wagoner County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Choska, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Time Zone: The area where Choska was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Choska was located: 918 & 539<3>

The community of Choska has also been called Chooska Bottoms. and Choska Bottoms. For more information about the names of Choska, see The Names of Choska on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Choska ...

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

  • Broken Arrow
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Muskogee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bixby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Coweta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coweta have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coweta
    • Coweta is located in Wagoner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,206 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coweta <4>
  • Wagoner
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Haskell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
    • Haskell is located in Muskogee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,954 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haskell <4>
  • Inola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inola have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inola
    • Inola is located in Rogers County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,793 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inola <4>
  • Okay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Porter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
    • Porter is located in Wagoner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porter <4>
  • New Tulsa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Tulsa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Tulsa
    • New Tulsa is located in Wagoner County

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

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

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

Adding Choska to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Choska in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Choska was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Choska post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Choska.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Choska, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Wagoner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Choska area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Choska 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/




 

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