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Welcome to Gilmore ...

Gilmore is located in Le Flore County<1>.

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

Gilmore is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gilmore: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Gilmore ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Gilmore - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (3), Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Gilmore ...

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

  • Greenwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
  • Poteau
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Pocola
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Heavener
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Spiro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Spiro is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <4>
  • Panama
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mansfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mansfield is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,089 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mansfield <4>
  • Wister
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Hackett
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hackett is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hackett <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gilmore ...

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

Adding Gilmore to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gilmore post office opened in 1890. The Gilmore post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilmore.

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