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Welcome to Letitia ...

Letitia is located in Comanche County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Letitia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Letitia is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Letitia: 580

Communities Also Named Letitia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Letitia - they are located in Kansas (2), Kentucky and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Letitia ...

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

  • Lawton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lawton is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,164 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <3>
  • Duncan
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Duncan is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <3>
  • Marlow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Elgin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Elgin is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <3>
  • Walters
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Walters is located in Cotton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
    • Former name for Walters:
    • Walter
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <3>
  • Comanche
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Rush Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Geronimo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Central High
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Central High is located in Stephens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
  • Fletcher
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Letitia ...

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

Adding Letitia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Letitia post office opened in 1903. The Letitia post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Letitia.

Footnotes ...

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