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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 Cropper (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 Cropper. 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 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.

Cropper is located in Garfield 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 Garfield County: Alfalfa, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan, Major & Noble.

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

  • Garfield County     (The home county of Cropper)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cropper, with the one closest to Cropper listed first.
    • Breckenridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Breckenridge is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Garber
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fairmont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hunter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Kremlin
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Covington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Enid
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
    • North Enid
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • North Enid is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
    • Douglas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hayward
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hayward is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayward
    • Waukomis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Carrier
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Alfalfa County
    • Goltry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cropper, with the one closest to Cropper listed first.
    • Salt Fork
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Salt Fork is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Fork
    • Pond Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Lamont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jefferson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
    • Medford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Nash
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Kay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cropper, with the one closest to Cropper listed first.
    • Tonkawa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nardin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingfisher County
    • Hennessey
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Logan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cropper, with the one closest to Cropper listed first.
    • Marshall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Orlando
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mulhall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Major County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cropper, with the one closest to Cropper listed first.
    • Meno
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Ames
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ringwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Noble County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cropper, with the one closest to Cropper listed first.
    • Billings
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucien
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Perry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Red Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Marland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Cropper ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cropper.

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 Cropper - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Paradise Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east of Enid.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99197 <3>
  • Immanuel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Collett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Garber Lutheran Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Garber Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • White Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mennonite Brethren of Enid Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • St. John Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kremlin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Memorial Park Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (104 more) ...
    • Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Covington Community Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Cropper in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cropper.

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

  • Garber
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Enid
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Enid is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,542 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Enid <1>
  • Kremlin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • North Enid
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • North Enid is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Enid
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
  • Waukomis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pond Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lamont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Marshall
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Perry
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hennessey
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Medford
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Orlando
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Tonkawa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cato
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cato is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato

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

Newspapers Published in Cropper ...

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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cropper.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cropper, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cropper.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Cropper:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cropper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Cropper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.