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Welcome to Going Snake ...

Going Snake is located in Adair County<1>.

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

Going Snake is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Going Snake: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Going Snake ...

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

  • Siloam Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tahlequah
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Prairie Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Stilwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln is located in Washington County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincoln <4>
  • Westville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • West Siloam Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Colcord
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Kansas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Watts
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Going Snake ...

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

Adding Going Snake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Going Snake in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Going Snake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Going Snake post office opened in 1890. The Going Snake post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Going Snake.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Adair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Going Snake - 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 Going Snake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Going Snake 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/