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Welcome to Huskey ...

Huskey is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huskey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Huskey is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Huskey: 580

Communities Also Named Huskey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Huskey - they are located in Arkansas and Missouri.

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

Communities near Huskey ...

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

  • Hugo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hugo is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <3>
  • Valliant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wright City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Detroit
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Detroit is located in Red River County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Detroit <3>
  • Fort Towson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Sawyer
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Millerton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Rattan
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Garvin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Swink
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Huskey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huskey.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huskey ...

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

Adding Huskey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huskey 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 Huskey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Huskey post office opened in 1915. The Huskey post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huskey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Huskey - 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>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/