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Welcome to Wekiwa ...

Wekiwa is located in Tulsa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wekiwa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Wekiwa is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wekiwa: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Wekiwa ...

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

  • Tulsa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Tulsa is located in Tulsa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 403,166 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulsa <4>
  • Jenks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sapulpa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Sand Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Glenpool
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Skiatook
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mannford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cleveland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kiefer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sperry
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Wekiwa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wekiwa.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wekiwa ...

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

Adding Wekiwa to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wekiwa post office opened in 1906. The Wekiwa post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wekiwa.

Footnotes ...

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