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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 Landing (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 Landing. 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 Landing ...

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 occur.

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

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

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 Landing is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.

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

  • Cherokee County     (The home county of Carters Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Landing, with the one closest to Carters Landing listed first.
    • Tenkiller
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Tenkiller is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenkiller
    • Caney Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Barber
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pettit Bay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Keys
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Keys is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys
    • Dry Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dry Creek is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Creek
    • Pettit
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pettit is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettit
    • Welling
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Park Hill
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tsa La Gi Indian Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cookson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Zeb
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Zeb is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
    • Briggs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Briggs is located in Cherokee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs
  • Adair County
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Landing, with the one closest to Carters Landing listed first.
    • Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Oaks is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oaks <2>
    • Rocky Ford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Flint Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
    • Kansas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Leach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Leach is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
    • Twin Oaks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Beckwith
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Dripping Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dripping Springs is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dripping Springs
  • Haskell County
    • Tamaha
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tamaha is located in Haskell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Landing, with the one closest to Carters Landing listed first.
    • Ballou
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Crest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Iron Post
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Iron Post is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
    • Snake Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
    • Rose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Murphy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Murphy is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Pin Oaks Acres
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
  • Muskogee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Landing, with the one closest to Carters Landing listed first.
    • Sour John
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sour John is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
    • Braggs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Gibson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • River Bottom
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
    • Webbers Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Wybark
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bacone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Muskogee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Warner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Summit
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Summit is located in Muskogee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Sequoyah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Landing, with the one closest to Carters Landing listed first.
    • Evening Shade
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Flute Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Flute Springs is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flute Springs
    • Box
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Marble City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Paradise Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
    • Dwight Mission
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Redbird Smith
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
    • Marble City Community
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Marble City Community is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble City Community
    • Pinhook Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
    • Brushy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Brushy is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy
    • Stoney Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Stoney Point is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
    • Carlisle
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Gore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gore is located in Sequoyah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 946 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gore <2>
  • Wagoner County
  • Crawford County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carters Landing, with the one closest to Carters Landing listed first.
    • Stop ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Stop is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stop
    • Barcelona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Uniontown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Uniontown is located in Crawford County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
    • Natural Dam
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Washington County (AR)

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

Cemeteries Near Carters Landing ...

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

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 Carters Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<5>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in Carters Landing ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carters Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carters Landing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carters Landing.

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 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 Carters Landing:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Carters Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.