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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Center Point (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Center Point. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Center Point ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Centerpoint.

  • A typical abbreviation for Center Point: Center Pt.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Center Point is located in Latimer County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Latimer County: Haskell, Le Flore, Pittsburg & Pushmataha.

Below are the counties that are near Center Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Center Point:

  • Latimer County     (The home county of Center Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Wilburton
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Degnan
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degnan
      • Degnan is located in Latimer County
    • Panola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Damon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damon
      • Damon is located in Latimer County
    • Gowen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Oak
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Bengal
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bengal
      • Bengal is located in Latimer County
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Kinta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Lequire
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sans Bois
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sans Bois have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
      • Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
    • Enterprise
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
      • Enterprise is located in Haskell County
    • Whitefield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Hoyt
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • McCurtain
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCurtain have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCurtain
      • McCurtain is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 502 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCurtain <1>
    • Stigler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stigler have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stigler
      • Stigler is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stigler <1>
    • Keota
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keota have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Keota is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keota <1>
  • Le Flore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Le Flore
      (19 miles [30.6 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
    • Talihina
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fanshawe
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Summerfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Whitesboro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Texanna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texanna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
    • Eufaula
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Carters Corner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Corner
      • Carters Corner is located in McIntosh County
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Porum
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porum
      • Porum is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porum <1>
    • Simms
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
  • Pittsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Quinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Hartshorne
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Blocker
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Haileyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bristow Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Point
      • Bristow Point is located in Pittsburg County
    • Alderson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
      • Alderson is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 291 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <1>
    • Carlton Landing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Landing
      • Carlton Landing is located in Pittsburg County
    • Bug Tussle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
      • Bug Tussle is located in Pittsburg County
    • Crowder
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crowder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
      • Crowder is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crowder <1>
    • Longtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Arch
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
      • Arch is located in Pittsburg County
    • Krebs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krebs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
      • Krebs is located in Pittsburg County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krebs <1>
  • Pushmataha County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.
    • Tuskahoma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Albion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albion have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Albion is located in Pushmataha County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • Clayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Stanley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
      • Stanley is located in Pushmataha County
    • Adel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel
      • Adel is located in Pushmataha County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Center Point, see our County-by-County Page for Center Point.

Newspapers Published in Center Point ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Center Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Center Point, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Center Point.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Center Point:

Cemeteries Near Center Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Center Point.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Center Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Center Point, with the one closest to Center Point listed first.

  • Centerpoint Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Centerpoint Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Centerpoint Cemetery
  • Patterson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patterson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Cemetery
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
  • Wilburton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilburton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilburton Cemetery
  • Degnan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Degnan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Degnan Cemetery
  • Lutie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lutie Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located between<4> the communities of Wilburton and Panola.  The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Panola.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutie Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98870 <5>
  • Riddle Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tea Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tea Cemetery
  • High Bridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the High Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the High Bridge Cemetery
  • Damon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Station Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (122 more) ...
    • Baldwin Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Brown's Prairie Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown's Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown's Prairie Cemetery
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shady Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shady Grove Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Center Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Center Point.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Center Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Center Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9465, Longitude: -95.3136       In this case, the coordinates for Center Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wilburton and Panola. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.




 

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