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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 Carleton (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 Carleton. 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.

Carleton is located in Blaine 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 Blaine County: Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher & Major.

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

  • Blaine County     (The home county of Carleton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carleton, with the one closest to Carleton listed first.
    • Carlton
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Carlton is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Southard
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Canton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle City is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
    • Cantonment ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cantonment is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantonment
    • Longdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hitchcock
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Okeene
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Watonga
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Geary
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Custer County
    • Thomas
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dewey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carleton, with the one closest to Carleton listed first.
    • Oakwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Seiling
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Taloga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Putnam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingfisher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carleton, with the one closest to Carleton listed first.
    • Omega
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Loyal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Loyal is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loyal <1>
    • Alpha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Lacey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Oneida
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Altona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Altona is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
  • Major County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carleton, with the one closest to Carleton listed first.
    • Fairview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Isabella
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Orienta
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Ames
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Phroso ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Phroso is located in Major County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phroso
    • Chester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cleo Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ringwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Carleton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carleton.

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

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

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

  • Cherryvale Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Canton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Canton Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Canton.
  • Zion Mennonite Indian Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cantonment Reinterment Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantonment Reinterment Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cantonment Reinterment Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Canton.
  • Eagle City Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Midlin Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Longdale Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Indian - Mennonite Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Peaceful Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Cottonwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rising Sun Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • Bridgeford Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Homestead Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Plymouth Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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 Carleton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carleton.

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

  • Cantonment ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cantonment is located in Blaine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantonment
  • Homestead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Homestead is located in Blaine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Watonga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Okeene
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Fay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Isabella
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Parvin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Parvin is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parvin
  • Omega
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Taloga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Altona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Altona is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
    • Alpha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Oneida
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Lacey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
    • Cato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Cato is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato

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

Newspapers Published in Carleton ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carleton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carleton, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carleton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Carleton:

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