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Welcome to Witteville ...

Witteville is located in Le Flore County<1>.

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

Witteville is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Witteville: 918 & 539<3>

Communities near Witteville ...

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

  • Pocola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Heavener
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Spiro
    (10 miles [16.1 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>
  • Panama
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wister
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Hackett
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hackett is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hackett <4>
  • Howe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Howe is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 788 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <4>
  • Rock Island
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Island is located in Le Flore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
  • Hartford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Hartford is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartford <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Witteville ...

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

Adding Witteville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Witteville post office opened in 1894. The Witteville post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Witteville.

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