RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Oklahoma >> Cherokee County >> ZebIndex...

Welcome to Zeb ...

Zeb is located in Cherokee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zeb, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Zeb is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Zeb: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Zeb ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Zeb - they are located in Arkansas and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Zeb ...

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

  • Muskogee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Tahlequah
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Gibson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Gore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <4>
  • Okay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Okay is located in Wagoner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okay <4>
  • Hulbert
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Braggs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Paradise Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Keys
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Keys is located in Cherokee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
  • Park Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 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 Zeb. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Zeb.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zeb ...

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

Adding Zeb to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Zeb post office opened in 1918. The Zeb post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zeb.

Footnotes ...

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