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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 Brinkman (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 Brinkman. 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 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.

Brinkman is located in Greer 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 Greer County: Beckham, Harmon, Jackson & Kiowa.

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

  • Greer County     (The home county of Brinkman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brinkman, with the one closest to Brinkman listed first.
    • Willow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Bloomington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bloomington is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
    • Granite
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mangum
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jester
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jester is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
    • Reed
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Reed is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
    • Hester
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hester is located in Greer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
  • Beckham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brinkman, with the one closest to Brinkman listed first.
    • Carter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Delhi
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Delhi is located in Beckham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Sayre
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sayre is located in Beckham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,435 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
    • Erick
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Elk City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Mayfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Texola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harmon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brinkman, with the one closest to Brinkman listed first.
    • Vinson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Gould
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy is located in Harmon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brinkman, with the one closest to Brinkman listed first.
    • Blair
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Martha
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Duke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • East Duke
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • East Duke is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Duke
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
    • Victory
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Victory is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
    • Altus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Altus is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <1>
    • Friendship
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendship is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Kiowa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brinkman, with the one closest to Brinkman listed first.
    • Lone Wolf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lugert ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
    • Hobart
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Roosevelt
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Washita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brinkman, with the one closest to Brinkman listed first.
    • Sentinel
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Dill City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Burns Flat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Brinkman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brinkman.

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

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

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

  • Brinkman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Willow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Marie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Roselawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Granite Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jester Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • White Flat Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (72 more) ...
    • Reed Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Quartz Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Bloomington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bloomington is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
  • Mangum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jester is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jester
  • Reed
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Reed is located in Greer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
  • Delhi
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Delhi is located in Beckham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
  • Martha
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Duke
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Victory
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Victory is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
  • Altus
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Altus is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Altus <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Brinkman ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brinkman.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Brinkman. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Brinkman and those printed in the larger area surrounding Brinkman.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Brinkman.

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 Brinkman:

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>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 Brinkman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Brinkman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.