Welcome to Lukfata ...

Lukfata is located in McCurtain County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lukfata, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

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

Area Code for Lukfata: 580

Adding Lukfata to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lukfata 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 for Lukfata was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Lukfata post office opened in 1873.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lukfata.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including McCurtain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/