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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 Cairo (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 Cairo. 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 hospitals and 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.

Cairo is located in Coal 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 Coal County: Atoka, Hughes, Johnston, Pittsburg & Pontotoc.

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

  • Coal County     (The home county of Cairo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Coalgate
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Phillips
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Phillips is located in Coal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Lehigh
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Centrahoma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tupelo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Clarita
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Atoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Wardville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Stringtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Atoka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bruno
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bruno is located in Atoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
    • Tushka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Tushka is located in Atoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tushka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
    • Lane
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Daisy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Caney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bentley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bentley is located in Atoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
    • Farris
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hughes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Non
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Non is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Non
    • Citra
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Citra is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citra
    • Gerty
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Gerty is located in Hughes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerty
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Stuart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Calvin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Atwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Johnston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Wapanucka
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bromide
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Coleman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Connerville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pittsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Ashland
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Ashland is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Kiowa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kiowa is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
    • Pittsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Haywood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Haywood is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haywood
    • Blanco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Savanna
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Chambers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Chambers is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
    • Arch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Arch is located in Pittsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
  • Pontotoc County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cairo, with the one closest to Cairo listed first.
    • Lula
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lula is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
    • Jesse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jesse is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesse
    • Stonewall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Allen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Harden City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Harden City is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harden City
    • Fittstown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Franks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Franks is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks
    • Homer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Homer is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Ahloso
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Ahloso is located in Pontotoc County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahloso
  • Pushmataha County
    • Adel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Adel is located in Pushmataha County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adel

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

Cemeteries Near Cairo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cairo.

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

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

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

  • Cairo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Ott Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Coalgate Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Woodman Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • McCarty Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Boggy Bend Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wardville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lehigh Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (137 more) ...
    • Coal Creek Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • McKinney Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stringtown Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cairo ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cairo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cairo, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cairo.

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 Cairo:

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>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- Cairo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.