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Welcome to Neal ...

Neal is located in Pottawatomie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Neal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Neal is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Neal: 405 & 572<3>

Communities Also Named Neal ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Neal - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Neal ...

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

  • Shawnee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Shawnee is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
  • Seminole
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Tecumseh
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • McLoud
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • McLoud is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLoud
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McLoud <4>
  • Bethel Acres
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
  • Prague
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pink
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
  • Meeker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Maud
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <4>
  • Earlsboro
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Neal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Neal.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Neal ...

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

Adding Neal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Neal 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 Neal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Neal post office opened in 1894. The Neal post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Neal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pottawatomie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Neal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 405 code has been Overlayed with the 572 area code. New phone numbers in the Neal area will be assigned with one of these codes: 405 or 572. As a result, placing a call in the Neal area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/