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Welcome to Onapa (aka 'Bond') ...

Onapa is located in McIntosh County<1>.

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

Onapa is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Onapa: 918 & 539<3>

The community of Onapa has also been called Bond.

Communities near Onapa ...

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

  • Checotah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Eufaula
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Warner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Porum
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Oktaha
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Boynton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Canadian
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Wainwright
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Grayson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Grayson is located in Okmulgee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Council Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Onapa ...

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

Adding Onapa to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Onapa post office opened in 1909. The Onapa post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Onapa.

Footnotes ...

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