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Welcome to Featherston ...

Featherston is located in Pittsburg County<1> (at the time of its founding, Featherston was located in Indian Territory).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Featherston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

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

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

Area Codes for Featherston: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Featherston ...

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

  • McAlester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Eufaula
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Wilburton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Krebs
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • 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
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Quinton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Haileyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Crowder
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Whitefield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kinta
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Featherston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Featherston.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Featherston ...

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

Adding Featherston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Featherston post office opened in 1892. The Featherston post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Featherston.

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