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Welcome to Lugert ...

So far, we found very little information about Lugert. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lugert to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lugert, please Contact Us.

Lugert would have been located within present day Kiowa County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lugert, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lugert is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Lugert was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Lugert was located: 580

Communities near Lugert ...

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

  • Altus
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hobart
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mangum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Granite
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
    • Granite is located in Greer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,956 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite <4>
  • Sentinel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Blair
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Blair is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <4>
  • Lone Wolf
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Roosevelt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roosevelt have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosevelt
    • Roosevelt is located in Kiowa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roosevelt <4>
  • Martha
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Willow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Willow is located in Greer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Willow <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 Lugert. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lugert.

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

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

Adding Lugert to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Lugert post office opened in 1902.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lugert.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lugert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Kiowa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lugert - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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/




 

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