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Welcome to Moorewood ...

Moorewood is located in Custer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moorewood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Moorewood is 1,820 feet [555 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Moorewood: 580

Communities near Moorewood ...

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

  • Hammon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Leedey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Butler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Camargo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Strong City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Strong City is located in Roger Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Carpenter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Carpenter is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
  • Cheyenne
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Roll
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Roll is located in Roger Mills County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roll
  • Canute
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Elk City
    (22 miles [35.4 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 Moorewood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moorewood.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moorewood ...

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

Adding Moorewood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Moorewood post office opened in 1912. The Moorewood post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moorewood.

Footnotes ...

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