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A visit to the Sentinel 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 Sentinel Cemetery ...

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

35.1759, -99.1851

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

The Sentinel Cemetery is located in Washita County<2>.

The county seat for Washita County is located in New Cordell. New Cordell lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the northeast of the Sentinel Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Sentinel Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km] of the Sentinel Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Huckleby Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • The Huckleby Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huckleby Cemetery
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty Bell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Liberty Bell Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Bell Cemetery
  • Port Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • The Port Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Cemetery
  • Grissom Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • The Grissom Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grissom Cemetery
  • South Burns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • The South Burns Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Burns Cemetery
  • Lone Star Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Clark Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Cemetery
  • Retrop Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • The Retrop Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retrop Cemetery
  • Dugford Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • The Dugford Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugford Cemetery
  • North Burns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • The North Burns Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Burns Cemetery
  • Strickland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • The Strickland Cemetery is located in Washita County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickland Cemetery
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Russell Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • The Russell Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell Cemetery
    • Poarch Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The Poarch Cemetery is located in Beckham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poarch Cemetery
    • Lone Wolf Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • The Lone Wolf Cemetery is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Wolf Cemetery
    • Hobart Rose Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • The Hobart Rose Cemetery is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart Rose Cemetery
    • Old Boggy Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • The Old Boggy Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Boggy Cemetery
    • Boggy Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Boggy Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy Cemetery
    • Novis Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • The Novis Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novis Cemetery
    • Salem Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Salem Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Cemetery
    • Rainey Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Rainey Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainey Cemetery
    • Elm Flat Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • The Elm Flat Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Flat Cemetery
    • Sod Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • The Sod Cemetery is located in Washita County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sod Cemetery

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 16 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Sentinel Cemetery.

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

  • Sentinel
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rocky
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dill City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hobart
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burns Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lone Wolf
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • New Cordell
    (13 miles [20.9 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>
  • Canute
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Granite
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Gotebo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Bessie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Foss
    (18 miles [29 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>
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Carter
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Lugert ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lugert is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugert
    • Willow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)

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 Sentinel 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 Sentinel Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bessie
  • Burns Flat
  • Canute
    • Canute lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Sentinel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Canute.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canute
  • Carter
  • Clinton
  • Cooperton
  • Dill City
  • Elk City
  • Foss
    • Foss lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Sentinel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Foss.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
  • Gotebo
    • Gotebo lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Sentinel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gotebo.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotebo
  • Granite
  • Hobart
    • Hobart lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Sentinel Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Hobart.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Continue List   (8 more)
    • Mangum
    • Mountain View
    • Rocky
    • Roosevelt
    • Sayre
      • Sayre lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Sentinel Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Sayre.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
    • Sentinel
    • Willow
      • Willow lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Sentinel 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 Sentinel 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 Sentinel Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1097917  (Sentinel Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1097917 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: 501 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Sentinel
      • Location given for Sentinel Cemetery:
      • Lat: 35.1758866     Lon: -99.18508
      • 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 from Point A (ie- Sentinel 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.