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Welcome to Tahona ...

Tahona is located in Le Flore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tahona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Tahona is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tahona: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Tahona ...

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

  • Fort Smith
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
  • Poteau
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pocola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Roland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Heavener
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Muldrow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Spiro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Spiro is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <4>
  • Arkoma
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Panama
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tahona ...

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

Adding Tahona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tahona post office opened in 1918. The Tahona post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tahona.

Footnotes ...

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