A visit to the Girty 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 Girty Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Girty Cemetery:
35.3932, -95.1277
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Girty Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Girty Cemetery is located in Muskogee County<2>.
The county seat for Muskogee County is located in Muskogee. Muskogee lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Girty Cemetery .
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List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Girty Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Girty Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Toney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Toney Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
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- Girty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- The Girty Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girty Cemetery
- Kyle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Kyle Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Toney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cramp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- The Cramp Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cramp Cemetery
- Vann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Vann Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Cemetery
- Gritts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Gritts Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gritts Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- Garland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Garland Cemetery is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland Cemetery
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Wilkerson Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hefley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Hefley Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hefley Cemetery
- Gum Spring Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The McClure Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClure Cemetery
- Hanks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Hanks Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Starr Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Starr Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr Cemetery
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- The Wilkerson Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Cemetery
- Vore Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Vore Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vore Cemetery
- Sand Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Sand Spring Cemetery is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spring Cemetery
- Sandtown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Sandtown Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown Cemetery
- Fields Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Fields Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields Cemetery
- Carlile Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Carlile Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlile Cemetery
- Foreman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Foreman Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman 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 Girty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Girty Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Simms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Tamaha
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Porum
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Webbers Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Stigler
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Carlisle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Gore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Whitefield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoyt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Redbird Smith
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Keota
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- McKey
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Box
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Paradise Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sour John
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Pinhook Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Duchess Landing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
- Texanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Texanna is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
- River Bottom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Shady Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Sans Bois
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sans Bois is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Bois
- Brent
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brent is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent
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 Girty Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Muskogee County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Girty Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Gore
- Keota
- Porum
- Stigler
- Vian
- Vian lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the Northeast (NE) of the Girty Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Vian.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vian
- Warner
- Webbers Falls
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Girty Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Muskogee 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 Girty Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1093194 (Girty Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1093194 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: Muskogee
- Est. Elev: 157 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Holt Mountain
- Location given for Girty Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.3931522 Lon: -95.1277383
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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 Muskogee, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Girty 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. |
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