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:
35.6981, -96.3517
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 Creek County<2>.
The county seat for Creek County is located in Sapulpa. Sapulpa lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the north northeast 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 25 that are within 10 miles [16.1 km] of the Wilson Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Wilson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Washburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Washburn Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washburn Cemetery
- Teddy Brown Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- The Teddy Brown Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teddy Brown Cemetery
- Hanna Brown - Tiger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bucktrot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- The Bucktrot Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktrot Cemetery
- Wilson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- The Wilson Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Cemetery
- Tuskegee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Tuskegee Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskegee Cemetery
- Polly Long Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Polly Long Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Long Cemetery
- Welty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Welty Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welty Cemetery
- Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Falls Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Cemetery
- Harjo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Harjo Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harjo Cemetery
- Eddie Harry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- The Eddie Harry Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddie Harry Cemetery
- Find Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Find Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Find Cemetery
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- White Rose Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The White Rose Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose Cemetery
- Montezuma Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- The Montezuma Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma Cemetery
- Durant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- The Durant Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durant Cemetery
- Grant Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- The Grant Chapel Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Chapel Cemetery
- Manwarring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Manwarring Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manwarring Cemetery
- Tuskegee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Tuskegee Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuskegee Cemetery
- Tabor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- The Tabor Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabor Cemetery
- Bristow Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- The Bristow Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bristow Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Bristow.
- The Bristow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bristow City Cemetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #158137 <5>
- County Farm Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The County Farm Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Farm Cemetery
- Poor Boy Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- The Poor Boy Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Boy Cemetery
- Mutteloke Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- The Mutteloke Cemetery is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutteloke Cemetery
- Little Creek Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Okfuskee Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- The Okfuskee Cemetery is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okfuskee Cemetery
- The Okfuskee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Okfuskee Free Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 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:
- Slick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mason
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mason is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Okfuskee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Okfuskee is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okfuskee
- Pulaski ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pulaski is located in Creek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Depew
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ixl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ixl is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ixl
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Milfay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Boley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Castle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Castle is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Beggs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Paden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Stroud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Okemah
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Kellyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shamrock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Winchester is located in Okmulgee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
- Mounds
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clearview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clearview is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Okmulgee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Village is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
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 Creek County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Wilson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Beggs
- Boley
- Boley lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the South Southwest (SSW) of the Wilson Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Boley.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boley
- Bristow
- Castle
- Clearview
- Davenport
- Depew
- Kiefer
- Mounds
- Okemah
- Okmulgee
- Paden
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Continue List (4 more)
- Preston
- Shamrock
- Slick
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 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 Creek 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 #1099883 (Wilson Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1099883 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: Creek
- Est. Elev: 233 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Newby
- Location given for Wilson Cemetery:
- Lat: 35.6981369 Lon: -96.3516715
- 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 Creek, 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. |
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