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Welcome to Pooleville ...

Pooleville is located in Carter County<1>.

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

Pooleville is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Pooleville: 580

The ZIP code for Pooleville: 73451<3>

Communities Also Named Pooleville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pooleville - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Pooleville ...

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

  • Lone Grove
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Davis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Healdton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Wilson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Elmore City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Springer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Velma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Katie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Katie is located in Garvin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
  • Dougherty
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Foster
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Pooleville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pooleville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pooleville ...

Looking for more information about Pooleville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pooleville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pooleville.

Adding Pooleville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pooleville post office opened in 1907. The Pooleville post office closed in 1979.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pooleville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Carter, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pooleville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pooleville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pooleville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/