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Welcome to Ulan ...

Ulan is located in Pittsburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ulan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Ulan is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ulan: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Ulan ...

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

  • McAlester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Krebs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Savanna
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Crowder
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Dustin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dustin is located in Hughes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
  • Alderson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Canadian
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Stuart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lamar
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Indianola
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Ulan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ulan.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ulan ...

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

Adding Ulan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ulan post office opened in 1917. The Ulan post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ulan.

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