A visit to the Garber Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Garber Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Garber Cemetery (FG ID #1505694).
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 Garber Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Garber Cemetery:
36.4419, -97.5695
The Garber Cemetery is located in Garfield County<2>.
The county seat for Garfield County is located in Enid. Enid lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the west of the Garber Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Garber Cemetery.
Establishment of the Garber Cemetery ...
The Garber Cemetery was established in 1896.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Garber Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Garber Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Garber Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Blackbear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Blackbear Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbear Cemetery
- Paradise Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. John Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The St. John Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Cemetery
- Heitholt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collett Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- The Collett Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collett Cemetery
- Sample Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Sample Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sample Cemetery
- Polo Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Billings Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart Cemetery
- White Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Immanuel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Immanuel Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immanuel Cemetery
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- Zion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The Zion Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Cemetery
- Covington Community Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hayward Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Hayward Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward Cemetery
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Vernon Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Vernon Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- The Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- McGuire Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The McGuire Cemetery is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGuire Cemetery
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 20 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Garber Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Garber Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Garber
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Covington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Billings
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Breckenridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hayward
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Douglas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lucien
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Salt Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kremlin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Enid
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lamont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Enid
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pond Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waukomis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tonkawa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Garber Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Garfield County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Garber Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Billings
- Breckenridge
- Carrier
- Covington
- Douglas
- Enid
- Garber
- Hunter
- Jefferson
- Kremlin
- Lamont
- Lucien
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Continue List (8 more)
- Orlando
- Perry
- Pond Creek
- Red Rock
- Salt Fork
- Tonkawa
- Waukomis
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 Garber Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Garfield 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 Garber Cemetery:
Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #1505694
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Garfield, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Garber 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |