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Welcome to Merritt ...

Merritt is located in Beckham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Merritt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Merritt is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Merritt: 580

Communities Also Named Merritt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Merritt - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Dakota, Tennessee and Washington.

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

Communities near Merritt ...

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

  • Elk City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sayre
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sayre is located in Beckham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <3>
  • Burns Flat
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cheyenne
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hammon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Hammon is located in Roger Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammon <3>
  • Canute
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Carter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Foss
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Foss is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foss <3>
  • Berlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Berlin is located in Roger Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Carpenter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Carpenter is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Merritt ...

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

Adding Merritt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Merritt post office opened in 1901. The Merritt post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Merritt.

Footnotes ...

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