A visit to the Wells 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 Wells Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wells Cemetery:
36.8434, -95.6055
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wells Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wells Cemetery is located in Nowata County<2>.
The county seat for Nowata County is located in Nowata. Nowata lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the south of the Wells Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wells Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 25 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km] of the Wells Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wells Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Mt. Washington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- The Buffalo Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Cemetery
- Goose Neck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Goose Neck Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Neck Cemetery
- Wolfe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Wolfe Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfe Cemetery
- Goodtraveler Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- The Goodtraveler Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodtraveler Cemetery
- Hickory Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Childers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Childers Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childers Cemetery
- Bezoin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bezoin Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bezoin Cemetery
- Ball Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Ball Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Cemetery
- Lowrey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- The Lowrey Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowrey Cemetery
- Steward Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Steward Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward Cemetery
- Riley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Riley Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Armstrong Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Armstrong Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Cemetery
- Secondine Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Secondine Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secondine Cemetery
- Melton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Martin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Calvary Cemetery is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- Brown Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- The Brown Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brown Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Coodys Bluff.
- Wann Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- The Wann Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wann Cemetery
- The Wann Cemetery has also been known as:
- Patrick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99210 <5>
- Lincoln Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Nowata County Relocated Cemeteries
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Nowata County Relocated Cemeteries is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowata County Relocated Cemeteries
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nowata County Relocated Cemeteries is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Nowata.
- The Nowata County Relocated Cemeteries has also been known as:
- Armstrong - Journeycake Cemetery
- Bratcher Cemetery
- Family No. 12 and 13 Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #213742 <5>
- Nowata Memorial Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Nowata Memorial Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nowata Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nowata Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Nowata.
- The Nowata Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Park Cemetery
- Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98941 <5>
- Family #12 Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Family #12 Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family #12 Cemetery
- Family #13 Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- The Family #13 Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Family #13 Cemetery
- McMains Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- The McMains Cemetery is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMains Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Wells Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wells Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lenapah
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Delaware
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sanders is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders
- Nowata
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coodys Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coodys Bluff is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coodys Bluff
- South Coffeyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- South Coffeyville is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coffeyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
- Wann
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coffeyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Watova
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Watova is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watova
- Dearing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kalloch ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kalloch is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalloch
- Kalloch has also been known as:
- Kallocki
- Valeda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Valeda is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valeda
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hogshooter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hogshooter is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogshooter
- New Alluwe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Avian ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Avian is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avian
- Tyro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tyro is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Dewey
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jamestown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jamestown is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hollow is located in Craig County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Copan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Oglesby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oglesby is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglesby
- Edna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edna is located in Labette County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edna <6>
- Bartlesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Liberty is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Caney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caney is located in Montgomery County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,948 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caney <6>
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 Wells Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Nowata County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wells Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Bartlesville
- Caney
- Coffeyville
- Copan
- Dearing
- Delaware
- Dewey
- Lenapah
- Nowata
- South Coffeyville
- Tyro
- Tyro lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Wells Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Tyro.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyro
- Wann
- Wann lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Wells Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Wann.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wann
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 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 Wells Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Nowata 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 Wells Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1099479 (Wells Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1099479 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: Nowata
- Est. Elev: 229 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Childers
- Location given for Wells Cemetery:
- Lat: 36.8434186 Lon: -95.605533
- 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 Nowata, 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- Wells 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. |