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Welcome to North McAlester ...

North McAlester is located in Pittsburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North McAlester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for North McAlester: N. McAlester

North McAlester is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for North McAlester: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near North McAlester ...

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

  • Hartshorne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Haileyville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kiowa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kiowa is located in Pittsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <4>
  • Savanna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Crowder
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Alderson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Canadian
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pittsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Stuart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Indianola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North McAlester ...

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

Adding North McAlester to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North McAlester post office opened in 1907. The North McAlester post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North McAlester.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pittsburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North McAlester - 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 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the North McAlester area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the North McAlester 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/