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Welcome to Tuskegee ...

Tuskegee is located in Creek County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tuskegee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Tuskegee is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tuskegee: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Tuskegee ...

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

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

Communities near Tuskegee ...

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

  • Okmulgee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bristow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Okemah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Mounds
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Beggs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Beggs is located in Okmulgee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beggs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beggs <4>
  • Boley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Boley is located in Okfuskee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,167 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boley <4>
  • Winchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Winchester is located in Okmulgee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
  • Depew
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Paden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Slick
    (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 Tuskegee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tuskegee.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tuskegee ...

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

Adding Tuskegee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tuskegee post office opened in 1872. The Tuskegee post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tuskegee.

Footnotes ...

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