A visit to the Wilson 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 Wilson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Wilson Cemetery:
34.0715, -96.0458
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Wilson Cemetery is located in Bryan County<2>.
The county seat for Bryan County is located in Durant. Durant lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Wilson Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Wilson 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 Wilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Armstrong Academy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Matoy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Matoy Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy Cemetery
- Labors Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Labors Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labors Cemetery
- Turnbull Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- The Turnbull Cemetery is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull Cemetery
- Bokchito Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Bokchito Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bokchito Cemetery
- McGee Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- The Hunter Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Cemetery
- Blue Branch Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Blue Branch Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Branch Cemetery
- Julius Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- The Julius Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Julius Cemetery
- Bentley Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Bentley Cemetery is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Cemetery
- Cane Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- The Cane Hill Cemetery is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Hill Cemetery
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Old Philadelphia Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Restland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- The Restland Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Restland Cemetery
- Crystal Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Crystal Cemetery is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Cemetery
- Gethsemane Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- The Gethsemane Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane Cemetery
- The Gethsemane Cemetery has also been known as:
- Caddo Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #239922 <5>
- Burris Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Burris Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burris Cemetery
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Spring Hill Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill Cemetery
- Wade Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- The Wade Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wade Cemetery is located in Wade.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #437920 <5>
- Folsom Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- The Folsom Cemetery is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Philadelphia Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Philadelphia Cemetery is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia Cemetery
- Crowder Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Crowder Cemetery is located in Choctaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 21 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Matoy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Matoy is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoy
- Bennington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bokchito
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bentley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bentley is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley
- Wade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wade is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Caddo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Albany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Farris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lane
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Armstrong is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Tushka
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tushka is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tushka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Bruno
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bruno is located in Atoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno
- Kenefic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Durant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yuba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yuba is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba
- Telephone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Soper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Direct
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Direct is located in Lamar County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Direct
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 Wilson Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Bryan County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Atoka
- Atoka lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the North Northwest (NNW) of the Wilson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Atoka.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka
- Bennington
- Bokchito
- Boswell
- Calera
- Caney
- Durant
- Kenefic
- Soper
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 professional and volunteer 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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Oklahoma:
- Pages specific to Bryan 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 Wilson Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1099878 (Wilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1099878 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: Bryan
- Est. Elev: 219 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Bennington North
- Location given for Wilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 34.0714849 Lon: -96.0458168
- 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 Bryan, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilson 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. |