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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 Blanchard (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 Blanchard. 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 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 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.

Blanchard is primarily located in McClain County. A portion of Blanchard extends into Grady 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 McClain County: Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Pontotoc & Pottawatomie.

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

  • McClain County     (The home county of Blanchard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Cole
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cole is located in McClain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • Newcastle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Dibble
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Goldsby
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Washington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Criner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Criner is located in McClain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criner
    • Payne
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Payne is located in McClain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
    • Purcell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Caddo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Cogar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cogar is located in Caddo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogar
    • Cement
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Canadian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Mustang
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Union City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Yukon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Yukon is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,793 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yukon <1>
    • Powers
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Powers is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Richland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Richland is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • El Reno
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Norman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Norman is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,762 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norman <1>
    • Noble
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Noble is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <1>
    • Hall Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
    • Moore
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Moore is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <1>
    • Slaughterville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Slaughterville is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughterville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
    • Maguire
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Maguire is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maguire
    • Franklin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Lexington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Little Axe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
    • Etowah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Etowah is located in Cleveland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Garvin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Lindsay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Erin Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Erin Springs is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Springs
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 87 people
    • Wallville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wallville is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
    • Maysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Grady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Bridge Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridge Creek is located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
    • Tabler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tabler is located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabler
    • Tuttle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Amber
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Pocasset
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Alex
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Chickasha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Minco
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • East Ninnekah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • East Ninnekah is located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ninnekah
    • Ninnekah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Norge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Norge is located in Grady County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
  • Oklahoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blanchard, with the one closest to Blanchard listed first.
    • Wheatland
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Valley Brook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Valley Brook is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Brook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
    • Capitol Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Capitol Hill is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitol Hill
    • Oklahoma City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Del City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Smith Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Smith Village is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Woodlawn Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Woodlawn Park is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Midway Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Midway Village is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway Village
    • Bethany
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Warr Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Midwest City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forest Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people

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

Cemeteries Near Blanchard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blanchard.

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

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

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

  • Blanchard Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Jerusalem Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Naples Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dibble Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Brushy Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Warren Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Adkins Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Tuttle.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #300002 <2>
  • Washington Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Joseph's Catholic Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (104 more) ...
    • Smith Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Amber Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rock Creek Road Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<3>

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

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

  • Newcastle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Norman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Norman is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 125,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norman <1>
  • Noble
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Noble is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,250 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noble <1>
  • Moore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Moore is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 63,102 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <1>
  • Lexington
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Franklin is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Denver
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Denver is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
  • Oklahoma City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Stella
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Stella is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
  • Etowah
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Etowah is located in Cleveland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
  • Britton
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Britton is located in Oklahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton

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

Newspapers Published in Blanchard ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blanchard.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blanchard, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blanchard.

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 helpful 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 Blanchard:

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>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 Blanchard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Blanchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.