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Welcome to Mocane ...

Mocane is located in the Panhandle of Oklahoma.

Mocane is located in Beaver County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mocane, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Mocane is 2,630 feet [802 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Mocane is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Mocane: 580

Communities near Mocane ...

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

  • Beaver
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Forgan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gate
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Knowles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Floris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Floris is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floris
  • Englewood
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Englewood is located in Clark County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
  • Logan
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Logan is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Rosston
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Slapout
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Slapout is located in Beaver County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slapout
  • Balko
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mocane ...

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

Adding Mocane to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mocane post office opened in 1909. The Mocane post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mocane.

Footnotes ...

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