A visit to the Salt 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 Salt Creek Cemetery ...
The Salt Creek Cemetery is located in Hughes County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Barnett Cemetery
- The Barnett Cemetery is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnett Cemetery
- Bearden Cemetery
- The Bearden Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- Clearview Cemetery
- The Clearview Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Cemetery
- Fairlawn Cemetery
- The Fairlawn Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Hughes County
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- French Cemetery
- The French Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- High Spring Cemetery
- Hillcrest Cemetery
- The Hillcrest Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillcrest Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Weleetka.
- The Hillcrest Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crestwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221943 <2>
- North Fork Cemetery
- The North Fork Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- Rock Creek Cemetery
- The Rock Creek Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- St. Paul's Cemetery
- The St. Paul's Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- Sand Creek Cemetery
- The Sand Creek Cemetery is located in Hughes County
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- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
- The Shiloh Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shiloh Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Okemah and Wetumka. The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the north of Wetumka.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99522 <2>
- South Community Cemetery
- Thlopthlocco Cemetery
- The Thlopthlocco Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- Wetumka Baptist Cemetery
- Wetumka Cemetery
- The Wetumka Cemetery is located in Hughes County
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- Wewoka Indian Methodist Church Cemetery
- Wind Family Cemetery
- The Wind Family Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
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- Wisner Cemetery
- The Wisner Cemetery is located in Hughes County
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For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of the Salt Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bearden
- Bearden is located in Okfuskee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Boley
- Castle
- Castle is located in Okfuskee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Clearview
- Clearview is located in Okfuskee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Cromwell
- Dewar
- Dustin
- Dustin is located in Hughes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Hanna
- Henryetta
- Holdenville
- Horntown
- Horntown is located in Hughes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
- Ixl
- Ixl is located in Okfuskee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Lamar
- Mason
- Mason is located in Okfuskee County
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- Okemah
- Pharoah
- Pharoah is located in Okfuskee County
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- Salem
- Salem is located in Okmulgee County
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- Spelter City
- Spelter City is located in Okmulgee County
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- Weleetka
- Wetumka
- Wewoka
- Yeager
- Yeager is located in Hughes County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
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 Salt Creek Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hughes County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Salt Creek Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Boley
- Calvin
- Castle
- Clearview
- Dewar
- Dustin
- Hanna
- Henryetta
- Lima
- Okemah
- Weleetka
- Wetumka
- Wewoka
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 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 Salt Creek Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Hughes 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 Salt Creek Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1097697 (Salt Creek Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1097697 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: Hughes
- Est. Elev: 233 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Weleetka
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Hughes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Okemah and Wetumka. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Salt Creek Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
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