Welcome to Wilburton ...

The city of Wilburton is located in Latimer County<1> (at the time of its founding, Wilburton was located in Indian Territory) and is the County Seat for Latimer County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wilburton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Wilburton has a population of 2,538 people<2> (see below for details).

Wilburton is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area codes for Wilburton: (918) and (539)<4>

The ZIP code for Wilburton: 74578<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wilburton had an population of 2,538 people. This is a decrease of 10.73% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.6% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Wilburton had a population of 2,843 people (which is 25.49% of the total population of Latimer County). This makes Wilburton the county's most populous community.

The population of Wilburton represents 0.08% of the population of Oklahoma (which has 3,751,351 people), making it the state's 115th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 2,843 people, the population of Wilburton decreased 4.34% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,972 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Wilburton.

Communities Also Named Wilburton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Wilburton - they are located in Kansas, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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

Communities near Wilburton ...

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

• Hartshorne
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartshorne
  • Hartshorne is located in Pittsburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,945 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartshorne <6>
• Talihina
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talihina
  • Talihina is located in Le Flore County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,079 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Talihina <6>
• Quinton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
  • Quinton is located in Pittsburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 984 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quinton <6>
• Haileyville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haileyville
  • Haileyville is located in Pittsburg County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 746 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haileyville <6>
• Red Oak
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
  • Red Oak is located in Latimer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Oak <6>
• Kinta
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinta have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinta
  • Kinta is located in Haskell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinta <6>
• Le Flore
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Flore
  • Le Flore is located in Le Flore County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
• Damon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
  • Damon is located in Latimer County
• Panola
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
  • Panola is located in Latimer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Panola <6>
• Gowen
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen
  • Gowen is located in Latimer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gowen <6>

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

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilburton. Our list includes 7 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Wilburton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wilburton ...

Looking for more information about Wilburton? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Wilburton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wilburton.

Adding Wilburton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wilburton 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 for Wilburton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Wilburton post office opened in 1891.

We also found Wilburton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wilburton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wilburton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/