A visit to the Gritts 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 Gritts Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Gritts Cemetery:
35.4640, -95.1555
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Gritts Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Gritts Cemetery is located in Muskogee County<2>.
The county seat for Muskogee County is located in Muskogee. Muskogee lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Gritts Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Gritts Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 6 miles [9.7 km] of the Gritts Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Gritts Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Gum Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Wilkerson Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Cemetery
- Hefley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Hefley Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hefley Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Wilkerson Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkerson Cemetery
- Starr Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Starr Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr Cemetery
- Vore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- The Vore Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vore Cemetery
- Toney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Red Hill Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill Cemetery
- Hanks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Hanks Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanks Cemetery
- Foreman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Foreman Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foreman Cemetery
- Vaught Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Vaught Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaught Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Toney Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Toney Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toney Cemetery
- Kyle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Kyle Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyle Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Clark Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
- Vann Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Vann Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vann Cemetery
- Carlile Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Carlile Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlile Cemetery
- Gore Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Gore Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore Cemetery
- Popes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Popes Chapel Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Chapel Cemetery
- Howland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- The Howland Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Cemetery
- Girty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Girty Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girty Cemetery
- Girty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Girty Cemetery is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girty Cemetery
- Still Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Still Cemetery is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 23 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Gritts Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Gritts Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Webbers Falls
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gore
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Simms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Simms is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- Carlisle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Carlisle is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Tamaha
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tamaha is located in Haskell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
- Warner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Porum
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Redbird Smith
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Paradise Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Sour John
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- River Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Box
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Braggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Stigler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Shady Grove is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Duchess Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Duchess Landing is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duchess Landing
- Hoyt
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitefield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- McKey
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McKey is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKey
- Pinhook Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pinhook Corners is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinhook Corners
- Evening Shade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Texanna
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Texanna is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texanna
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 Gritts 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 Gritts Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Braggs
- Gore
- Gore lies 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Gritts Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gore.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gore
- Porum
- Stigler
- Vian
- Vian lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Gritts 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 first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Gritts 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 Gritts Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1093423 (Gritts Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1093423 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: 150 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Holt Mountain
- Location given for Gritts Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.4639855 Lon: -95.1555169
- 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 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Gritts 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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