A visit to the Wakole 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 Wakole Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wakole Cemetery:
35.4240, -96.8739
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wakole Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wakole Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County<2>.
The county seat for Pottawatomie County is located in Shawnee. Shawnee lies just to the south southwest of the Wakole Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wakole Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 26 that are within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> of the Wakole Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wakole Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- The Johnson Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The New Hope Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
- McKosta Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The McKosta Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKosta Cemetery
- St. Gregory's Abbey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Fairview Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Shawnee.
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Shawnee Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98396 <5>
- Garden Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- The Garden Grove Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove Cemetery
- Gable Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- The Gable Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gable Cemetery
- Resthaven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Resthaven Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
- Resthaven Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Centerville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Centerville Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville Cemetery
- St. Benedict Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The St. Benedict Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Benedict Cemetery
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Sunnyside Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Cemetery
- The Sunnyside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pickett Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99613 <5>
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- New Salem Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- The New Salem Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem Cemetery
- Abrams Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- The Abrams Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abrams Cemetery
- Neal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Neal Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neal Cemetery
- McKosato Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The McKosato Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKosato Cemetery
- Tecumseh Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- The Tecumseh Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- The Valley Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Cemetery
- St. Paul Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The St. Paul Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Paul Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Paul Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Meeker.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99462 <5>
- Jent Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Jent Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jent Cemetery
- Blackburn Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earlsboro Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Earlsboro Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlsboro Cemetery
- Earlsboro Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Earlsboro Cemetery is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlsboro Cemetery
- Bruner Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Bruner Cemetery is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- The Payne Cemetery is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne Cemetery
- Guild Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Guild Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guild Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 15 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Wakole Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wakole Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
- Aydelotte
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aydelotte is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aydelotte
- Meeker
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shawnee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bellemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Jacktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- Tecumseh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Earlsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Prague
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Acres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- McLoud
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sparks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brooksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Newalla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
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 Wakole Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Pottawatomie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wakole Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Chandler
- Davenport
- Earlsboro
- Harrah
- Macomb
- Maud
- Maud lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Wakole Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Maud.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- McLoud
- Meeker
- Paden
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Continue List (6 more)
- Seminole
- Shawnee
- Sparks
- Tecumseh
- Wellston
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 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 Wakole Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie 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 Wakole Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1099295 (Wakole Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1099295 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: Pottawatomie
- Est. Elev: 296 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Shawnee NE
- Location given for Wakole Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.4239582 Lon: -96.8739112
- 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 Pottawatomie, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wakole 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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