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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 Ulan (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 Ulan. 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.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Ulan is located in Pittsburg County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pittsburg County: Atoka, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, McIntosh & Pushmataha.

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

  • Pittsburg County     (The home county of Ulan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulan, with the one closest to Ulan listed first.
    • Indianola
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Crowder
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sams Point
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sams Point is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Point
    • Bug Tussle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bug Tussle is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bug Tussle
    • Canadian
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • McAlester
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristow Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Bristow Point is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Point
    • Krebs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Krebs is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Krebs <1>
    • Haywood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Haywood is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Chambers
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Chambers is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
    • Blocker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Alderson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Haskell County
    • Enterprise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Enterprise is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Hughes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulan, with the one closest to Ulan listed first.
    • Dustin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Dustin is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Lamar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Stuart
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Horntown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Horntown is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horntown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Wetumka
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Calvin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Yeager
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Yeager is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
    • Atwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gerty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gerty is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Holdenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Non
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Non is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Non
  • Latimer County
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulan, with the one closest to Ulan listed first.
    • Hanna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Vivian
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vivian is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vivian
    • Carters Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Carters Corner is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Corner
    • Eufaula
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stidham
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Onapa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Onapa is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onapa
      • Onapa has also been known as:
      • Bond
    • Richardsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Richardsville is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
    • Hitchita
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Texanna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
  • Okfuskee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulan, with the one closest to Ulan listed first.
    • Weleetka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pharoah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Pharoah is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pharoah
    • Clearview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Clearview is located in Okfuskee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
  • Okmulgee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ulan, with the one closest to Ulan listed first.
    • Salem
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Salem is located in Okmulgee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Dewar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Henryetta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Spelter City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Spelter City is located in Okmulgee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelter City
    • Hoffman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Hoffman is located in Okmulgee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Coalton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Coalton is located in Okmulgee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Grayson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Grayson is located in Okmulgee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Schulter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Ulan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ulan.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ulan - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ulan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Choate Prairie Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hughlow Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Vernon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Indianola Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Lone Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tannehill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Blue Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Carson Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Prison Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • McDougal Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Old Mellette Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • New Mellette Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Red Hill Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Ulan ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ulan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ulan, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ulan.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Ulan:

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>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- Ulan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.