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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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 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 Box. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Box:

  • Sequoyah County     (The home county of Box)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Redbird Smith
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
    • Evening Shade
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Vian
      (5 miles [8 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>
    • Paradise Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Pinhook Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
    • Carlisle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dwight Mission
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Marble City Community
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Marble City Community is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Community
    • Marble City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • McKey
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • McKey is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
    • Gore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <1>
    • Flute Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
  • Adair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Bunch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Greasy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Greasy is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greasy
    • Lyons
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Mountain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
    • Cherry Tree
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wauhillau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Zion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Zion is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
    • Bell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Marietta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Stilwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Salem is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Fairfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fairfield is located in Adair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Cherokee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Cookson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pettit Bay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Pettit
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Pettit is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
    • Dry Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Barber
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Caney Ridge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Carters Landing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Keys
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Keys is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
    • Tenkiller
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
    • Zeb
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Zeb is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
    • Woodall
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Woodall is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
    • Park Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Tamaha
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Tamaha is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
    • Keota
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Stigler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Whitefield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hoyt
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • McCurtain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Le Flore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Cowlington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cowlington is located in Le Flore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Bokoshe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Fort Coffee
      (30 miles [48.3 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
    • Spiro
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • McIntosh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Shady Grove
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
    • Duchess Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
    • Rentiesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Texanna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Webbers Falls
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sour John
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sour John is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
    • Braggs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • River Bottom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
    • Simms
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
    • Warner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fort Gibson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Porum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bacone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Muskogee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wybark
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Summit
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Wagoner County
  • Crawford County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Box, with the one closest to Box listed first.
    • Barcelona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Uniontown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Washington County (AR)

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.

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 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.

  • Seven Oaks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lyons
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Martin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Martin is located in Muskogee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Uniontown
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
  • Barcelona
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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 59 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]<3>. 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 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 Box:

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