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 Braman (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 Braman. 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 doctors and 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.
Braman is located in Kay 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 Kay County: Cowley (KS), Garfield, Grant, Noble & Osage.
Below are the counties that are near Braman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Braman:
- Kay County (The home county of Braman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Blackwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Nardin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chilocco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chilocco is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilocco
- Newkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tonkawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kildare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kildare is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Cross ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cross is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
- Ponca City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Eagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Eagle is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Eagle
- Kaw City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Garfield County
- Hunter
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Deer Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Renfrow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Lamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Salt Fork
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Salt Fork is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
- Jefferson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Marland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Billings
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Osage County
- McCord
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- McCord is located in Osage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord
- Cowley County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Arkansas City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hackney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hackney is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackney
- Moxham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moxham is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxham
- Rainbow Bend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rainbow Bend is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Bend
- Parkerfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Parkerfield is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 412 people
- Tresham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tresham is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresham
- Silverdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Silverdale is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverdale
- Kellogg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kellogg is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Cameron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cameron is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
- Cameron has also been known as:
- Cameron City
- Winfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Vinton is located in Cowley County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Sumner County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Hunnewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunnewell is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- South Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Portland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Portland is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Drury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drury is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
- Geuda Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geuda Springs is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geuda Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Caldwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Perth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Paton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Paton is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paton
- Doster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Doster is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doster
- Roland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Roland is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
- Wellington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Oxford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oxford is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 988 people
- Former name for Oxford:
- Hapawalla
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Braman, see our County-by-County Page for Braman.
Cemeteries Near Braman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Braman.
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 Braman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Braman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Braman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Triumph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plainview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Blackwell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goedel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goedel Cemetery
- The Goedel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Godel Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olive Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Olive Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Nardin.
- The Mt. Olive Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nardin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99013 <2>
- Work Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Williams Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (91 more) ...
- Banner Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alton Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darland Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Braman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Braman.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Braman, with the one closest to Braman listed first.
- Hunnewell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunnewell is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunnewell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59 people
- Blackwell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- South Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Portland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Portland is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
- Drury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Drury is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury
- Ashton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ashton is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
- Newkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chilocco
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chilocco is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilocco
- Tonkawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Geuda Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geuda Springs is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geuda Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Caldwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kildare
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kildare is located in Kay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Renfrow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Renfrow is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
- Arkansas City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Corbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Sumner County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Braman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braman.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Braman ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Braman.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Braman. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Braman and those printed in the larger area surrounding Braman.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Braman.
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 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 Braman:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Kay County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Garfield County
- Grant County
- Noble County
- Osage County
- Cowley County
- Sumner 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> | 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- Braman) 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 Braman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |