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Welcome to Griggs ...

Griggs is located in the Panhandle of Oklahoma.

Griggs is located in Cimarron County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Griggs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Griggs is 3,820 feet [1,164 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Griggs is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Griggs (for example, toward Clayton (NM)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Griggs: 580

Communities Also Named Griggs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Griggs - they are located in Ohio, Oregon and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Griggs ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Griggs.

  • Stratford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Texhoma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Keyes
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kerrick
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eva
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eva. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eva
    • Eva is located in Texas County
  • Texhoma
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texhoma
    • Texhoma is located in Sherman County (TX)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
  • Boise City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Goodwell
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodwell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwell
    • Goodwell is located in Texas County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,264 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodwell <3>
  • Elkhart
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart
    • Elkhart is located in Morton County (KS)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,727 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkhart <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Griggs ...

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

Adding Griggs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Griggs 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 for Griggs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Griggs post office opened in 1906.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Griggs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Cimarron, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Griggs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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/