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Welcome to Shoals ...

Shoals is located in Choctaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shoals, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Shoals is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Shoals: 580

Communities Also Named Shoals ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Shoals - they are located in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Shoals ...

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

  • Paris
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Paris is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,872 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Hugo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hugo is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <3>
  • Reno
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Reno is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reno
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,349 people
  • Blossom
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Blossom is located in Lamar County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,576 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blossom <3>
  • Valliant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Detroit
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Detroit is located in Red River County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Detroit <3>
  • Fort Towson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sawyer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Soper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Swink
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shoals ...

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

Adding Shoals to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shoals 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 Shoals was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shoals post office opened in 1904. The Shoals post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shoals.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Choctaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shoals - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/