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Welcome to Dow ...

Dow is located in Pittsburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Dow is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dow: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Dow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Dow - they are located in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Dow ...

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

  • McAlester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Wilburton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Krebs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Hartshorne
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Savanna
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Crowder
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Alderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pittsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gowen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Arch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Arch is located in Pittsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dow ...

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

Adding Dow to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dow post office opened in 1898. The Dow post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dow.

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