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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 Adair (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 Adair. 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 southwest 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 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.

Adair is located in Mayes 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 Mayes County: Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Rogers & Wagoner.

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

  • Mayes County     (The home county of Adair)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • Pensacola
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Pensacola is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Strang
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pryor Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
      • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
      • Pryor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
    • Hoot Owl
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoot Owl is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot Owl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
    • Salina
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Langley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Spavinaw
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Sportsmen Acres
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Wickliffe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Wickliffe is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
    • Disney
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Grand Lake Towne
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Towne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Pump Back
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pump Back is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Back
    • Sams Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
  • Cherokee County
  • Craig County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • Big Cabin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ketchum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vinita
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Bluejacket
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • Old Eucha
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
    • Cleora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cleora is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
    • Tagg Flats
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
    • Bull Hollow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
    • Eucha
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Dennis
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Dennis is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
    • New Eucha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • New Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
    • Zena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Zena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
    • Bernice
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Leach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Brush Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Brush Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
    • Jay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jay is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,533 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
    • Rocky Ford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
  • Nowata County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • New Alluwe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Coodys Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Coodys Bluff is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coodys Bluff
    • Watova
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Watova is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watova
    • Sanders
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sanders is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
    • Nowata
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ottawa County
    • Afton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • Chelsea
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bushyhead
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
    • Foyil
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sequoyah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
    • Justice
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
    • Tiawah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Jamestown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jamestown is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Claremore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Oologah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Talala
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Gregory
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Gregory is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Verdigris
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
    • Inola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wagoner County
    • Fair Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fair Oaks is located in Wagoner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people

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

Cemeteries Near Adair ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adair.

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 Adair - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Adair Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • West Adair Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Benge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rider Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Ghormley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ghormley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ghormley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Pensacola.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98500 <3>
  • Big Cabin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Lone Chapel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Graham Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • West Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Military Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dawes Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (123 more) ...
    • County Home Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Carselowey Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • White Oak Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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 Adair in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adair.

  • Keith
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Keith is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Adair ...

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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adair.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Adair. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Adair and those printed in the larger area surrounding Adair.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> of Adair.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Adair:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adair) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Adair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.