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Welcome to Tucker ...

Tucker is located in Le Flore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tucker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Tucker is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tucker: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Tucker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oklahoma communities named Tucker: This one is located in Le Flore County and the other is located in Woodward County.

Beyond Oklahoma, there are 21 communities that are also named Tucker - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Tucker ...

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

  • Poteau
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sallisaw
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pocola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Roland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Muldrow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Spiro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 east)
  • Panama
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Vian
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <4>
  • Shady Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tucker ...

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

Adding Tucker to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tucker post office opened in 1894. The Tucker post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tucker.

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