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Welcome to Reams ...

Reams is located in Pittsburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Reams, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Reams is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Reams: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Reams ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Reams - they are located in Florida and Virginia.

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

Communities near Reams ...

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

  • McAlester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eufaula
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Krebs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Krebs is located in Pittsburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krebs <4>
  • Hartshorne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Quinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Haileyville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Savanna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Crowder
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Alderson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Canadian
    (8 miles [12.9 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 Reams. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Reams.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Reams ...

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

Adding Reams to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Reams post office opened in 1901. The Reams post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Reams.

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 Reams - 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 Reams area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Reams 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/