Welcome to Bixby ...

Bixby is located in Perkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bixby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Bixby is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bixby is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Bixby lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Bixby (for example, toward Iron Lightning), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Bixby: 605

Communities Also Named Bixby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Bixby - they are located in California, Illinois (2), Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Communities near Bixby ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Bixby.

• Opal
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Opal is located in Meade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
  • Estimated population in 2014: 30 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opal <3>
• Cedar Canyon
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
• Date
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Date is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date
• Zeona
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Zeona is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeona
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zeona <3>
• Mud Butte
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Mud Butte is located in Meade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Butte
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Butte <3>
• Bison
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Bison is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bison <3>
• Faith
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Faith is located in Meade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faith
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faith <3>
• Prairie City
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Prairie City is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie City <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bixby ...

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

Adding Bixby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bixby 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 Bixby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bixby post office opened in 1895. The Bixby post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bixby.