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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Crescent Springs (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 Crescent Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Crescent Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Crescent Springs: Crescent Spgs. (or less commonly used: Crescent Spngs. or Crescent Sprngs.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Crescent Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crescent Springs.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Crescent Springs is located in Logan 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 Logan County: Canadian, Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Noble, Oklahoma & Payne.

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

  • Logan County     (The home county of Crescent Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Springs, with the one closest to Crescent Springs listed first.
    • Cimarron City
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Cimarron City is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Crescent
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Valley is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
    • Guthrie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Lawrie
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lawrie is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
    • Lakeview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeview is located in Logan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Mulhall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Langston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Coyle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Orlando
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Canadian County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Springs, with the one closest to Crescent Springs listed first.
    • Piedmont
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Okarche
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Richland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Richland is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
    • Yukon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Yukon is located in Canadian County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yukon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,793 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yukon <1>
    • Concho
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Springs, with the one closest to Crescent Springs listed first.
    • Douglas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hayward
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Hayward is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Bison
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Covington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Kingfisher County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Springs, with the one closest to Crescent Springs listed first.
    • Cashion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wandel
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Wandel is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandel
    • Reeding
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Reeding is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeding
    • Dover
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
    • Kingfisher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Hennessey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oneida
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Oneida is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
    • Alpha
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Alpha is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Loyal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Loyal is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loyal <1>
    • Lacey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Lincoln County
    • Fallis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Fallis is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallis
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28 people
  • Noble County
  • Oklahoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crescent Springs, with the one closest to Crescent Springs listed first.
    • Edmond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Edmond is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,346 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmond <1>
    • Arcadia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Britton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Britton is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Britton
    • The Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • The Village is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,639 people
    • Lake Hiwassee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Hiwassee is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hiwassee
    • Nichols Hills
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Warr Acres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Bethany
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Lake Aluma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Lake Aluma is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Aluma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
    • Woodlawn Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Woodlawn Park is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Forest Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Forest Park is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,071 people
    • Luther
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jones
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jones is located in Oklahoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jones <1>
  • Payne County
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City

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

Cemeteries Near Crescent Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crescent Springs.

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 Crescent Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Knowles Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crescent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Zion Community Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mercy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Joseph's Academy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cashion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Seward Memorial Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (163 more) ...
    • Seward Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosenwald Community Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Oak Vale Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Crescent
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Zion ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion
  • Wandel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wandel is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wandel
  • Seward
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Seward is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
  • Guthrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lawrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawrie is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrie
  • Lakeview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeview is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Waterloo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterloo is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
  • Mulhall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Marshall
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Edmond
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Edmond is located in Oklahoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,346 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edmond <1>
  • Dover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dover is located in Kingfisher County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 472 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Kingfisher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Langston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Orlando
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Crescent Springs ...

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 198 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crescent Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crescent Springs, 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 Crescent Springs.

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 Crescent Springs:

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 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.
<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- Crescent Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Crescent Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.