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A visit to the Vassar Cemetery ...


The location of the Vassar Cemetery has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Vassar Cemetery ...

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

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

Lat:   36.1453°   (36° 8' 43")

Lon:   -99.3676°   (-99° 22' 3")

The Vassar Cemetery is located in Dewey County<2>.

The county seat for Dewey County is located in Taloga. Taloga lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Vassar Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Vassar Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Oklahoma:
  • Pages specific to Dewey County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Vassar Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church

    • List of neighboring communities ...

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

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

    • Vici
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Camargo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sharon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mutual
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Richmond
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Richmond is located in Woodward County
    • Leedey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Woodward
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fargo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fargo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
      • Fargo is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fargo <4>
    • Mooreland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arnett
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Taloga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Curtis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Curtis is located in Woodward County
    • Continue List   (4 more) ...
      • Seiling
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Gage
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gage have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
        • Gage is located in Ellis County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gage <4>
      • Chester
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Quinlan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
        • Quinlan is located in Woodward County

    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 Vassar Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Dewey County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Arnett
    • Camargo
    • Curtis
      • Curtis lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the North Northeast (NNE) of the Vassar Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Curtis.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Fargo
      • Fargo lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Vassar Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Fargo.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
    • Gage
      • Gage lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Vassar Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Gage.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
    • Leedey
    • Mooreland
    • Mutual
      • Mutual lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Vassar Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Mutual.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
    • Putnam
    • Quinlan
    • Richmond
    • Seiling
    • Continue List   (5 more) ...
      • Continue List   (5 more)
      • Shattuck
      • Taloga
      • Vici
        • Vici lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the East (E) of the Vassar Cemetery.
        • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Vici.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vici
      • Woodward

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 16 miles [25.7 km] of the Vassar Cemetery.<5>

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

    • South Persimmon Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stone Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stone Cemetery is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
    • Cedar Valley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Cedar Valley Cemetery is located in Dewey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Valley Cemetery
    • Camargo Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Camargo Cemetery is located in Dewey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camargo Cemetery
    • Sunny Side Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunny Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sunny Side Cemetery is located in Dewey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunny Side Cemetery
    • North Persimmon Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Harmon Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harmon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Harmon Cemetery is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harmon Cemetery
    • Lone Star Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Lone Star Cemetery is located in Ellis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Star Cemetery
    • Brooker - Meek Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brooker - Meek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Brooker - Meek Cemetery is located in Dewey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brooker - Meek Cemetery
    • Persimmon Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Stengemier Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stengemier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stengemier Cemetery is located in Woodward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stengemier Cemetery
    • Bloomfield Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bloomfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Bloomfield Cemetery is located in Dewey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bloomfield Cemetery
    • Continue List   (11 more) ...
      • Trail Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trail Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Trail Cemetery is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trail Cemetery
      • North Chapel Cemetery
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Doris-Keenan Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Keenan Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keenan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Keenan Cemetery is located in Woodward County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keenan Cemetery
      • Yake Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Yake Cemetery is located in Dewey County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yake Cemetery
      • Dunlap Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Vonton Cemetery
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Center Chapel Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Center Chapel Cemetery is located in Roger Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Chapel Cemetery
      • Shirley Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shirley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • The Shirley Cemetery is located in Roger Mills County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shirley Cemetery
      • Union View Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Union View Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
        • The Union View Cemetery is located in Dewey County
        • The Union View Cemetery has also been known as:
        • Kansas Ridge Cemetery
        • Lousy Ridge Cemetery
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union View Cemetery
      • Moscow Cemetery
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • The Moscow Cemetery is located in Woodward County
        • To give a relative sense of its location, the Moscow Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Mooreland.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moscow Cemetery
        • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1590426 <6>

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

    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 Vassar Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #1099233  (Vassar Cemetery)
      • Note: GNIS record #1099233 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Vici
      • County: Dewey         Elev: 706
      • Location given for GNIS #1099233 (Vassar Cemetery)

    The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

    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 Dewey, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Vassar Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1453, Longitude: -99.3676       In this case, the coordinates for the Vassar Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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.
    <7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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