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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 Catale (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 Catale. 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 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.

Catale is located in Rogers 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 Rogers County: Craig, Mayes, Nowata, Tulsa, Wagoner & Washington.

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

  • Rogers County     (The home county of Catale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • Chelsea
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bushyhead
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bushyhead is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushyhead
    • Foyil
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamestown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jamestown is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
    • Sequoyah
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sequoyah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequoyah
    • Talala
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Oologah
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Claremore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Justice
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
    • Tiawah
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
    • Limestone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Limestone is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
    • Verdigris
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
  • Craig County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • Big Cabin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Vinita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ketchum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hollow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Hollow is located in Craig County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
    • Bluejacket
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Welch
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • Cleora
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Cleora is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
    • Bernice
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Dennis
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Dennis is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis
    • Old Eucha
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
    • New Eucha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • New Eucha is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Eucha
    • Zena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Zena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
    • Eucha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tagg Flats
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
    • Copeland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Copeland is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland
    • Bull Hollow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • Adair
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pensacola
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pensacola is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pensacola
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Strang
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pryor Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Pryor Creek is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,392 people
      • Pryor Creek has also been known as:
      • Pryor
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor Creek <1>
    • Grand Lake Towne
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Grand Lake Towne is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Lake Towne
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
    • Langley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hoot Owl
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hoot Owl is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoot Owl
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
    • Disney
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Spavinaw
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sportsmen Acres
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Salina
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Wickliffe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Wickliffe is located in Mayes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickliffe
  • Nowata County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • New Alluwe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Coodys Bluff
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Coodys Bluff is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coodys Bluff
    • Watova
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Watova is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watova
    • Nowata
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sanders
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sanders is located in Nowata County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
    • Delaware
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lenapah
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ottawa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • Afton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Narcissa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Narcissa is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcissa
  • Tulsa County
    • Collinsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Catale, with the one closest to Catale listed first.
    • Oglesby
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Oglesby is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
    • Hogshooter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hogshooter is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogshooter
    • Vera
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Vera is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vera <1>
    • Ramona
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Catale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catale.

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

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

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

  • Snider Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Grove Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Chelsea Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Shawnee Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Dawes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Rider Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • White Oak Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Beck Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Adair Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Big Cabin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Winganon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Scott Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (125 more) ...
    • Adair Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Thomas Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Longtail Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

  • Rogers
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Rogers is located in Craig County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers

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

Newspapers Published in Catale ...

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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Catale, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Catale.

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 Catale:

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 Catale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Catale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.