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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 Oklahoma Beach (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 Oklahoma Beach. 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 Oklahoma Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Oklahoma Beach: Oklahoma Bch.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Oklahoma Beach is located in Monroe County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.

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

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Oklahoma Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.
    • German Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • German Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
    • Glen Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • Irondequoit
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • White City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • White City is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
    • Ontario Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
    • Windsor Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
    • Webster
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Charlotte
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Charlotte is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
    • Penfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Rochester
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Brighton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Brighton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • East Rochester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.
    • Bergen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jericon Corners
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • Fort Hill
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Limerock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Le Roy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Byron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.
    • Lima
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Caledonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Livonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Inverness is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.
    • Victor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • North Bloomfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Port Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Holcomb
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • West Bloomfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • Manchester
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • East Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Shortsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerfield
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Bristol
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Canandaigua
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.
    • Holley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Kendall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Murray
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Murray is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Clarendon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Hulberton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
    • Brockville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Brockville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
    • Manning
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Manning is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.
    • Fruitland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Lakeside
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Lincoln
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Ontario
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Orchard Grove Village Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Huddle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Macedon Center
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Walworth
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pultneyville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Williamson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Macedon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Marion
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Oklahoma Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oklahoma Beach.

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 Oklahoma Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Irondequoit Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • West Webster Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hooker Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Webster Rural Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Webster Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Rochester.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65814 <2>
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Charlotte Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Britton Road Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (274 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Oklahoma Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oklahoma Beach.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oklahoma Beach, with the one closest to Oklahoma Beach listed first.

  • Sea Breeze
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
  • Forest Lawn
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Forest Lawn is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
  • West Webster
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • West Webster is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Webster
  • Irondequoit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glen Haven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Ontario Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
  • Windsor Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
  • Webster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Charlotte
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Charlotte is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Rochester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Penfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Union Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Mount Read
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mount Read is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Read
    • Lincoln Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Park is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
    • Brighton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Brighton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton

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

Newspapers Published in Oklahoma Beach ...

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 329 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oklahoma Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oklahoma Beach, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oklahoma Beach.

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 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 Oklahoma Beach:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Oklahoma Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oklahoma Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.