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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 Carters Corner (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 Carters Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Carters Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Carters Corner: Carters Cor. (or less commonly used: Carters Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Carters Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Carters Corner may originally have been Carter's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Carters Corner might be written as Carter Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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 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.

Carters Corner is located in McIntosh County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McIntosh County: Haskell, Hughes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee & Pittsburg.

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

  • McIntosh County     (The home county of Carters Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Corner, with the one closest to Carters Corner listed first.
    • Vivian
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Eufaula
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Stidham
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Onapa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Texanna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texanna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
      • Texanna is located in McIntosh County
    • Richardsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Checotah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hanna
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
      • Hanna is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanna <2>
    • Duchess Landing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duchess Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
      • Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
    • Hitchita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitchita have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitchita
      • Hitchita is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hitchita <2>
    • Rentiesville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rentiesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rentiesville
      • Rentiesville is located in McIntosh County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rentiesville <2>
    • Shady Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
      • Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
  • Haskell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Corner, with the one closest to Carters Corner listed first.
    • Enterprise
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hoyt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Whitefield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Kinta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinta
      • Kinta is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinta <2>
    • Sans Bois
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Stigler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stigler have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stigler
      • Stigler is located in Haskell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stigler <2>
  • Hughes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Corner, with the one closest to Carters Corner listed first.
    • Dustin
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dustin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dustin
      • Dustin is located in Hughes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
    • Lamar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
      • Lamar is located in Hughes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamar <2>
  • Latimer County
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Corner, with the one closest to Carters Corner listed first.
    • Council Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Hill
      • Council Hill is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council Hill <2>
    • Porum
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porum
      • Porum is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porum <2>
    • Oktaha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oktaha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oktaha
      • Oktaha is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 382 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oktaha <2>
    • Wainwright
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wainwright have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainwright
      • Wainwright is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 161 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wainwright <2>
    • Boynton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boynton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boynton
      • Boynton is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boynton <2>
    • Warner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warner
      • Warner is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,576 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warner <2>
    • Simms
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
      • Simms is located in Muskogee County
    • Beland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Summit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summit have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Okfuskee County
  • Okmulgee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Corner, with the one closest to Carters Corner listed first.
    • Salem
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Salem. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Okmulgee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Salem
      • From Carters Corner to Salem
    • Hoffman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Grayson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grayson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
      • Grayson is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
    • Dewar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewar have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewar
      • Dewar is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewar <2>
    • Henryetta
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henryetta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryetta
      • Henryetta is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,503 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henryetta <2>
    • Spelter City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spelter City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spelter City
      • Spelter City is located in Okmulgee County
    • Coalton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Schulter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schulter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schulter
      • Schulter is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 494 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schulter <2>
    • Morris
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Okmulgee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okmulgee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okmulgee
      • Okmulgee is located in Okmulgee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,615 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Okmulgee <2>
  • Pittsburg County

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

Cemeteries Near Carters Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carters Corner.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Charles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Charles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Washington Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scott Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Polk Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evans Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evans Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hutton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hutton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hutton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lawson Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawson Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawson Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • McIntosh Family Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moore Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Mellette Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Mellette Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mellette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (150 more) ...
    • Old Mellette Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mellette Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mellette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Whitlow Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitlow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitlow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • Morris
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Martin
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Muskogee County

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

Newspapers Published in Carters Corner ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carters Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carters Corner, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carters Corner.

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 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 Carters Corner:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carters Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Carters Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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 from Point A (ie- Carters Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carters Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2897, Longitude: -95.6631    









 

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