A visit to the Big Creek 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 Big Creek Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Big Creek Cemetery:
34.7704, -94.5008
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Big Creek Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Big Creek Cemetery is located in Le Flore County<2>.
The county seat for Le Flore County is located in Poteau. Poteau lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Big Creek Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Big Creek Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Big Creek Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Big Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Black Fork Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Black Fork Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Fork Cemetery
- Page Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Page Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Cemetery
- McClure Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Haw Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Haw Creek Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haw Creek Cemetery
- Loving Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Loving Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Piney Grove Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove Cemetery
- Burns Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Burns Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burns Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the east of Heavener.
- The Burns Cemetery has also been known as:
- Forrester Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2536934 <5>
- Hodgen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Hodgen Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgen Cemetery
- Heely Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Heely Cemetery is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heely Cemetery
- Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Pioneer Cemetery is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- Little Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Little Cemetery is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cemetery
- Oakdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Oakdale Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale Cemetery
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Perry Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Perry Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Cemetery
- Mountain Fork Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Mountain Fork Cemetery is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Fork Cemetery
- Sexton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Sexton Cemetery is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton Cemetery
- Weeks Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Weeks Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeks Cemetery
- Black Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Black Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Cemetery
- Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- The Hill Cemetery is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Cemetery
- Gipson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Gipson Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gipson Cemetery
- Heavener Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Heavener Memorial Park is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavener Memorial Park
- Sliger Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Sliger Cemetery is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliger Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Big Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Big Creek Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Hodgen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hodgen is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodgen
- Former name for Hodgen:
- Hodgens
- Hodgen has also been known as:
- Hodgens Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hodgen <6>
- Mountain Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Fork is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Fork
- Petros
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Petros is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petros
- Rich Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rich Mountain is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Mountain
- Heavener
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Big Cedar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Big Cedar is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cedar
- Bates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bates is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Conser
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Conser is located in Le Flore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conser
- Howe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Muse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Potter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Potter Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Junction is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Junction
- Hartford
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wister
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gate ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gate is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gate
- Winfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Winfield is located in Scott County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Octavia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hatfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Poteau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frog Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frog Town is located in Sebastian County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Town
- Whitesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Smithville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Dallas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dallas is located in Polk County (AR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Summerfield
(22 miles [35.4 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 Big Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Le Flore County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Big Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Hartford
- Hatfield
- Heavener
- Howe
- Howe lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Big Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Howe.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Mena
- Mena lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Big Creek Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mena.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mena
- Poteau
- Wister
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 either 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 Big Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Le Flore 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 Big Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1777536 (Big Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1777536 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: Le Flore
- Est. Elev: 231 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Hontubby
- Location given for Big Creek Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.7703817 Lon: -94.5007794
- 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 Le Flore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Big Creek 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. |