Our Genealogy Helper
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 Baldridge (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 Baldridge. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Baldridge is located in Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah County: Crawford (AR), Sebastian (AR), Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, Le Flore & Muskogee.
Below are the counties that are near Baldridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Baldridge:
- Sequoyah County (The home county of Baldridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Muldrow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gans
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Remy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Remy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Moffett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Long
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Long is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long
- Brent
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Brent is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
- Akins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Akins is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akins
- Seven Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Sallisaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belfonte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belfonte is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfonte
- Brushy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
- Marble City Community
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Greasy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Greasy is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
- Bunch
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bell is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
- Cherry Tree
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cherry Tree is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Lyons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lyons is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons has also been known as:
- Lyons Switch
- Salem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Zion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Zion is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
- Cherokee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Cookson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
- Barber
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barber is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Haskell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Keota
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Tamaha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- McCurtain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stigler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Le Flore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Fort Coffee
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Coffee is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Coffee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
- Skullyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Skullyville is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullyville
- Spiro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Braden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Braden is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braden
- Arkoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cowlington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
- Pocola
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Panama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Island is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 648 people
- Bokoshe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cameron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Poteau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Muskogee County
- Webbers Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Crawford County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wright Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wright Town is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Town
- Uniontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Barcelona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barcelona is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barcelona
- Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Concord is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Cedarville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kibler
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kibler is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
- Rudy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rudy is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Alma
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <1>
- New Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Town is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Natural Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Creek is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
- Dyer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dyer is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <1>
- Sebastian County (AR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Fort Smith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bonanza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bonanza is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
- Population from the 2020 Census: 560 people
- Buell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Buell is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Hackett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barling
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jenny Lind
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Central City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Central City is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Greenwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
- Midland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Midland is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Lavaca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lavaca is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavaca <1>
- Frog Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frog Town is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Town
- Bloomer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bloomer is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomer
- Hartford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Washington County (AR)
- Evansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Evansville is located in Washington County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Baldridge, see our County-by-County Page for Baldridge.
Cemeteries Near Baldridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Baldridge.
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 Baldridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Baldridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Center Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lees Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wilson Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Muldrow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Faulkner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Black Jack Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Faulkner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gans Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paw Paw Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (260 more) ...
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Roland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Camp Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Baldridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Baldridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Baldridge, with the one closest to Baldridge listed first.
- Seven Oaks
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Oaks is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Oaks
- Cavanaugh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cavanaugh is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavanaugh
- Dora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dora is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Enterprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Fort Smith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Buell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Buell is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Jenson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jenson is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenson
- Crescent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crescent is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Massard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Massard is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massard
- Hackett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jenny Lind
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jenny Lind is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Barling
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Uniontown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Catcher
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Catcher is located in Crawford County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catcher
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Baldridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Baldridge.
Newspapers Published in Baldridge ...
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 134 newspapers that have been published in the area around Baldridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Baldridge, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Baldridge.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Baldridge:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Sequoyah County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Cherokee County
- Haskell County
- Le Flore County
- Muskogee County
- Crawford County
- Sebastian County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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> | 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 Baldridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Baldridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |