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A visit to the Liberty Bell 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 Liberty Bell Cemetery ...

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

35.2331, -99.1173

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

The Liberty Bell Cemetery is located in Washita County<2>.

The county seat for Washita County is located in New Cordell. New Cordell lies just to the east northeast of the Liberty Bell Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Liberty Bell Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.<4>

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

  • South Burns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • The South Burns Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Burns Cemetery
  • Dugford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Dugford Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugford Cemetery
  • Grissom Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Grissom Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grissom Cemetery
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sentinel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • The Sentinel Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel Cemetery
  • Russell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Russell Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
  • North Burns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • The North Burns Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Burns Cemetery
  • Huckleby Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • The Huckleby Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huckleby Cemetery
  • Strickland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • The Strickland Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland Cemetery
  • Old Boggy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • The Old Boggy Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Boggy Cemetery
  • Boggy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • The Boggy Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy Cemetery
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Sod Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Sod Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod Cemetery
    • Novis Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • The Novis Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novis Cemetery
    • Cordell Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • The Cordell Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordell Cemetery
    • Port Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • The Port Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Cemetery
    • Rainey Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Rainey Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainey Cemetery
    • Elm Flat Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • The Elm Flat Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat Cemetery
    • Page Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • The Page Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Cemetery
    • Salem Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.

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

  • Dill City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Sentinel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rocky
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • New Cordell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • New Cordell is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cordell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,708 people
    • New Cordell has also been known as:
    • Cordell
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cordell <6>
  • Burns Flat
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bessie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hobart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Foss
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Foss is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foss <6>
  • Canute
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Gotebo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Wolf
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Corn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Corn is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corn <6>
    • Clinton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carter
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Mountain View
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Granite
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Lugert ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
    • Willow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Arapaho
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Carpenter is located in Custer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter

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 Liberty Bell Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Washita County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Arapaho
    • Arapaho lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Arapaho.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arapaho
  • Bessie
    • Bessie lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bessie.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
  • Burns Flat
  • Butler
  • Canute
    • Canute lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Canute.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canute
  • Carter
  • Clinton
    • Clinton lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clinton.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Colony
    • Colony lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Colony.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
  • Cooperton
  • Dill City
  • Elk City
  • Foss
    • Foss lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Foss.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Continue List   (9 more)
      • Gotebo lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gotebo.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotebo
    • Granite
    • Hobart
    • Lone Wolf
    • Mountain View
    • Rocky
      • Rocky lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Rocky.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky
    • Roosevelt
    • Sentinel
    • Willow
      • Willow lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Liberty Bell Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Willow.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Liberty Bell Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oklahoma:
  • Pages specific to Washita 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 Liberty Bell Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1094601  (Liberty Bell Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1094601 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: Washita
      • Est. Elev: 518 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Rocky
      • Location given for Liberty Bell Cemetery:
      • Lat: 35.2331081     Lon: -99.1173012
      • 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 Washita, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Liberty Bell 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.