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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 Courtney (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 Courtney. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Courtney is located in Love County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Love County: Carter, Jefferson, Marshall, Cooke (TX) & Montague (TX).

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

  • Love County     (The home county of Courtney)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Courtney, with the one closest to Courtney listed first.
    • Orr
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Orr is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Leon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jimtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jimtown is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
    • Burneyville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Marietta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Overbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Thackerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Courtney, with the one closest to Courtney listed first.
    • Wilson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Brock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brock is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brock
    • Healdton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lone Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Oil City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Oil City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Ardmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clemscott
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Clemscott is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemscott
    • Graham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Milo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Fox
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Pike City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Pike City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
    • Woodford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodford is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Courtney, with the one closest to Courtney listed first.
    • Petersburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Grady
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Oscar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cornish
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Ringling
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Fleetwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
    • Terral
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Ryan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Ryan is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <1>
    • Sugden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
  • Stephens County
    • Loco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <1>
  • Cooke County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Courtney, with the one closest to Courtney listed first.
    • Marysville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Muenster
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Myra
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lindsay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lindsay is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindsay <1>
    • Coesfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Coesfield is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coesfield
    • Hood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Hood is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Gainesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Montague County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Courtney, with the one closest to Courtney listed first.
    • Illinois Bend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
    • Spanish Fort
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
    • Rowland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Rowland is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
    • Hynds City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hynds City is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City
    • Bonita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Bonita is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
    • Saint Jo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Saint Jo is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <1>
    • Nocona
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Nocona is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nocona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,016 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nocona <1>
    • Belcherville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Belcherville is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
    • Dye
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Dye is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
    • Montague
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hardy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hardy is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Ringgold
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Forestburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Courtney ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Courtney.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Courtney - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Courtney Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Bourland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rubottom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Murrell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Petersburg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Crow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Mayfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty Chapel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Leon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spanish Fort Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Orr Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (119 more) ...
    • Shady Grove Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Simon Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Illinois Bend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
  • Spanish Fort
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
  • Bonita
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bonita is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
  • Marysville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Nocona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nocona is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nocona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,016 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nocona <1>
  • Saint Jo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Saint Jo is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Jo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,032 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Jo <1>
  • Sivells Bend ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sivells Bend is located in Cooke County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sivells Bend
  • Belcherville ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Belcherville is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcherville
  • Muenster
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Montague
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Dye
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dye is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dye
  • Myra
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Hardy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hardy is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
    • Lindsay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lindsay is located in Cooke County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,159 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindsay <1>
    • Forestburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Courtney ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Courtney.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Courtney, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Courtney.

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 websites either 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 Courtney:

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>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 Courtney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- Courtney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.