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 Box (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 Box. 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.
Box is located in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County: Canadian, Grady, McClain, Oklahoma & Pottawatomie.
Below are the counties that are near Box. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Box:
- Cleveland County (The home county of Box)
- The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Etowah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maguire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maguire is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maguire
- Slaughterville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slaughterville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Little Axe
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Noble
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Hall Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hall Park is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Park
- Norman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Garvin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Paoli
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pauls Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Stratford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Whitebead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitebead is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitebead
- Whitebead has also been known as:
- White Bead
- Maysville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wynnewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Antioch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Wallville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wallville is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallville
- Elmore City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erin Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Erin Springs is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Springs
- Population from the 2010 Census: 87 people
- Lindsay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Katie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Katie is located in Garvin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
- McClain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Rosedale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Byars
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Purcell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Washington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Goldsby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Payne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Payne is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Criner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Criner is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Criner
- Cole
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cole is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Dibble
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Murray County
- Washita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Washita is located in Murray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washita
- Oklahoma County
- Newalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Oil Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oil Center is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Bebee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bebee is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bebee
- Byng
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Byng is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byng
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Ada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ada is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,239 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <1>
- Roff
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzhugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pottawatomie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Wanette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tribbey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Asher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Macomb
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pink
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Saint Louis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
- Brooksville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Bethel Acres
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Maud
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <1>
- Tecumseh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Earlsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shawnee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seminole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Konawa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bowlegs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Box, see our County-by-County Page for Box.
Cemeteries Near Box ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Box.
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 Box - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Box covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Box Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Martin Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cropper Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Corbett Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Metcalf Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Denten Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Blue Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wanette Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Red Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Johnsonville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Council Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lexington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Byars Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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 Box in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Box.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
- Eason
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eason is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason
- Etowah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Lexington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Anderson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Romulus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Romulus is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus
- Noble
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Denver
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Denver is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Sacred Heart
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
- Franklin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Franklin is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Tecumseh
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Norman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Stella is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Shawnee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Dale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Box. See our List of 1890's Communities around Box.
Newspapers Published in Box ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Box.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Box, 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 Box.
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 either 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 Box:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Cleveland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Garvin County
- McClain County
- Murray County
- Oklahoma County
- Pontotoc County
- Pottawatomie County
- Seminole 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> | 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 Box, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Box) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |