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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 Barber (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 Barber. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Barber is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.

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

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Barber)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barber, with the one closest to Barber listed first.
    • Caney Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Dry Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Tenkiller
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
    • Carters Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cookson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pettit Bay
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pettit
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Pettit is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
    • Keys
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Keys is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
    • Welling
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Park Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tsa La Gi Indian Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Briggs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Briggs is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
  • Adair County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barber, with the one closest to Barber listed first.
    • Oaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Oaks is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <1>
    • Rocky Ford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Flint Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
    • Dripping Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
    • Twin Oaks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Haskell County
    • Tamaha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Tamaha is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barber, with the one closest to Barber listed first.
    • Sour John
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sour John is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
    • Braggs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Webbers Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gibson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • River Bottom
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
    • Bacone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wybark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Muskogee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Warner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sequoyah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barber, with the one closest to Barber listed first.
    • Evening Shade
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Flute Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
    • Marble City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Box
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwight Mission
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Marble City Community
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Marble City Community is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Community
    • Pinhook Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
    • Brushy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
    • Paradise Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Redbird Smith
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
    • Stoney Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
    • Vian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Vian is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,356 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vian <1>
  • Wagoner County
  • Crawford County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barber, with the one closest to Barber listed first.
    • Barcelona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Stop ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Stop is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Uniontown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Natural Dam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lee Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lee Creek is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Creek
    • Cedarville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Washington County (AR)

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

Cemeteries Near Barber ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barber.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Lyons
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Seven Oaks
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Evansville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Tolu
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Tolu is located in Washington County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolu
  • Dutch Mills
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Sexton ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sexton is located in Washington County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
  • Barcelona
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Stop ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Stop is located in Crawford County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
  • Morrow
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Uniontown
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Summers
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Natural Dam
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Clyde
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cincinnati
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Martin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Martin is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin

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

Newspapers Published in Barber ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barber.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barber, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barber.

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 Barber:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Barber) 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 Barber, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.