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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Collinsville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Collinsville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Collinsville is primarily located in Tulsa County. A portion of Collinsville extends into Rogers County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tulsa County: Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, Wagoner & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Collinsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Collinsville:

  • Tulsa County     (The home county of Collinsville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Owasso
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Sperry
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sperry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sperry
      • Sperry is located in Tulsa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sperry <1>
    • Turley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
      • Turley is located in Tulsa County
    • Tulsa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Tulsa County
    • Kengle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kengle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kengle
      • Kengle is located in Tulsa County
    • Broken Arrow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sand Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
      • Sand Springs is located in Tulsa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,017 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sand Springs <1>
    • Oakhurst
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Prattville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Jenks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
      • Jenks is located in Tulsa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,257 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenks <1>
    • Lotsee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lotsee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotsee
      • Lotsee is located in Tulsa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
  • Creek County
  • Mayes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Pryor Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Chouteau
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chouteau have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chouteau
      • Chouteau is located in Mayes County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,112 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chouteau <1>
  • Nowata County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Watova
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • New Alluwe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Alluwe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
      • New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
    • Nowata
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Coodys Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Delaware
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delaware have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware
      • Delaware is located in Nowata County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delaware <1>
  • Osage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Skiatook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Avant
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avant
      • Avant is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avant <1>
    • Barnsdall
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnsdall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnsdall
      • Barnsdall is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,133 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barnsdall <1>
    • Wild Horse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pulare ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pulare. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulare
      • Pulare is located in Osage County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Pulare
      • From Collinsville to Pulare
    • Prue
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Pershing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wynona
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wynona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynona
      • Wynona is located in Osage County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wynona <1>
    • Indian Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Osage County
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Leroy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leroy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
      • Leroy is located in Pawnee County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leroy
      • From Collinsville to Leroy
    • Shady Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
      • Shady Grove is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2 people
    • Mule Barn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mule Barn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Barn
      • Mule Barn is located in Pawnee County
    • Oak Grove
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Oak Grove is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 18 people
    • Westport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Westport is located in Pawnee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
  • Rogers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Limestone
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Limestone have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
      • Limestone is located in Rogers County
    • Valley Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
      • Valley Park is located in Rogers County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
    • Oologah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Claremore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Verdigris
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verdigris have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdigris
      • Verdigris is located in Rogers County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,724 people
    • Talala
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Catoosa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Justice
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Justice have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
      • Justice is located in Rogers County
    • Sequoyah
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Tiawah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tiawah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
      • Tiawah is located in Rogers County
    • Foyil
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foyil have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foyil
      • Foyil is located in Rogers County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foyil <1>
    • Jamestown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jamestown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
      • Jamestown is located in Rogers County
  • Wagoner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Fair Oaks
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
      • Fair Oaks is located in Wagoner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
    • New Tulsa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Tulsa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Tulsa
      • New Tulsa is located in Wagoner County
    • Coweta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coweta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coweta
      • Coweta is located in Wagoner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,206 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coweta <1>
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.
    • Vera
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vera have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera
      • Vera is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vera <1>
    • Ramona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona
      • Ramona is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramona <1>
    • Oglesby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Ochelata
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ochelata have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochelata
      • Ochelata is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ochelata <1>
    • Hogshooter
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bartlesville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Dewey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewey have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
      • Dewey is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dewey <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Collinsville, see our County-by-County Page for Collinsville.

Cemeteries Near Collinsville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Collinsville.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Collinsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Collinsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Collinsville.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Collinsville, with the one closest to Collinsville listed first.

  • Wild Horse
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Leroy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leroy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Pawnee County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Leroy
    • From Collinsville to Leroy
  • Keith
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keith have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
    • Keith is located in Rogers County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Collinsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Collinsville.

Newspapers Published in Collinsville ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 181 newspapers that have been published in the area around Collinsville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Collinsville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Collinsville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Collinsville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Collinsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tulsa County: www.tulsacounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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- Collinsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Collinsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.3645, Longitude: -95.8392    
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Collinsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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