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A visit to the Bethany Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Bethany Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Bethany Cemetery:

36.2317, -96.5525

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Bethany Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

The Bethany Cemetery is located in Pawnee County<2>.

The county seat for Pawnee County is located in Pawnee. Pawnee lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Bethany Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Bethany Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 13 miles [20.9 km] of the Bethany Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Bethany Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Jennings Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Jennings Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennings Cemetery
  • Terlton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Terlton Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terlton Cemetery
  • Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • The Valley Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
  • Boston Pool Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • The Boston Pool Cemetery is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Pool Cemetery
  • Dixie and Bear Creek Cemeteries
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • The Dixie and Bear Creek Cemeteries is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie and Bear Creek Cemeteries
    • The Dixie and Bear Creek Cemeteries has also been known as:
    • Bear Creek Cemetery
    • Dixie Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98287 <5>
  • Maramec Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • The Maramec Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maramec Cemetery
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • The Woodland Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
    • The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cleveland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99838 <5>
  • Blackburn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Blackburn Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Cemetery
  • Lawson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • The Lawson Cemetery is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson Cemetery
    • The Lawson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Quay Cemetery
    • Yale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98799 <5>
  • Brooks Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • The Brooks Cemetery is located in Creek County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Cemetery
  • Osage Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The Osage Cemetery is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • The Highland Cemetery is located in Creek County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Oilton.
    • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oilton City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99093 <5>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • North Highland Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • New Friendship Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakhill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Oakhill Cemetery is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhill Cemetery
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Oak Hill Cemetery is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Cemetery
      • The Oak Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Basin Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1653931 <5>
    • Dixie Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • The Dixie Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Cemetery
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    • Underwood Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • The Underwood Cemetery is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Underwood Cemetery
    • East Basin Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • The East Basin Cemetery is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Basin Cemetery

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Bethany Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Bethany Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Hallett
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jennings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Terlton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Cleveland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Maramec
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Osage
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Osage is located in Osage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Osage has also been known as:
    • Osage City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osage <6>
  • Quay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Quay is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quay
  • Blackburn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Blackburn is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
  • Oilton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Silver City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Silver City is located in Creek County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Cody
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cody is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Yale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Yale is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yale <6>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lawrence Creek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lawrence Creek is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Westport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Westport is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
    • Oak Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Oak Grove is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 18 people
    • Cartoco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cartoco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartoco
    • Mule Barn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Mule Barn is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Barn
    • Skedee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Skedee is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skedee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
    • Lone Chimney ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Lone Chimney is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Chimney
    • Mannford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Shady Grove is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2 people
    • Prue
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Indian Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Hominy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pawnee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Bethany Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pawnee County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Bethany Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Blackburn
  • Cleveland
  • Hallett
  • Hominy
    • Hominy lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Bethany Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hominy.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hominy
  • Jennings
  • Mannford
  • Maramec
  • Oilton
  • Pawnee
    • Pawnee lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Bethany Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Pawnee.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee
  • Quay
    • Quay lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Bethany Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Quay.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quay
  • Skedee
  • Terlton
  • Yale
    • Yale lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Southwest (SW) of the Bethany Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Yale.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Bethany Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oklahoma:
  • Pages specific to Pawnee County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Bethany Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1090026  (Bethany Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1090026 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Pawnee
      • Est. Elev: 277 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Jennings
      • Location given for Bethany Cemetery:
      • Lat: 36.2317342     Lon: -96.5525245
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Pawnee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bethany Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.