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Welcome to Mehan ...

Mehan is located in Payne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mehan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Mehan is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Mehan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mehan - it's located in Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Mehan ...

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

  • Stillwater
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cushing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Drumright
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Perkins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Langston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Yale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Yale is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yale <3>
  • Morrison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Carney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Glencoe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Tryon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mehan ...

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

Adding Mehan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mehan post office opened in 1900. The Mehan post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mehan.

Footnotes ...

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