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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 Dacoma (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 Dacoma. 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.

Dacoma is located in Woods 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 Woods County: Barber (KS), Comanche (KS), Alfalfa, Harper, Major & Woodward.

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

  • Woods County     (The home county of Dacoma)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dacoma, with the one closest to Dacoma listed first.
    • Hopeton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Alva
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alva
      • Alva is located in Woods County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alva <1>
    • Avard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avard
      • Avard is located in Woods County
    • Capron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capron
      • Capron is located in Woods County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
    • Waynoka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynoka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynoka
      • Waynoka is located in Woods County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynoka <1>
  • Alfalfa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dacoma, with the one closest to Dacoma listed first.
    • Lambert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambert
      • Lambert is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
    • Carmen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Yewed
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yewed
      • Yewed is located in Alfalfa County
    • Aline
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cherokee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Ingersoll
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingersoll
      • Ingersoll is located in Alfalfa County
    • Helena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
      • Helena is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,417 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <1>
    • Burlington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
      • Burlington is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burlington <1>
    • Jet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
      • Jet is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jet <1>
    • Byron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byron have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
    • Vining
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vining
      • Vining is located in Alfalfa County
    • Amorita
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amorita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amorita
      • Amorita is located in Alfalfa County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amorita <1>
  • Grant County
    • Nash
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nash have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
      • Nash is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <1>
  • Major County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dacoma, with the one closest to Dacoma listed first.
    • Cleo Springs
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleo Springs
      • Cleo Springs is located in Major County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 331 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cleo Springs <1>
    • Orienta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ringwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ringwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringwood
      • Ringwood is located in Major County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ringwood <1>
    • Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Meno
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meno have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meno
      • Meno is located in Major County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meno <1>
    • Phroso ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phroso
      • Phroso is located in Major County
  • Woodward County
    • Quinlan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
      • Quinlan is located in Woodward County
  • Barber County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dacoma, with the one closest to Dacoma listed first.
    • Stubbs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubbs
      • Stubbs is located in Barber County (KS)
    • Hardtner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Kiowa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Kiowa is located in Barber County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
      • Kiowa has also been known as:
      • Kiowa
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
    • Eldred ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldred have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Eldred is located in Barber County (KS)
    • Hazelton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazelton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
      • Hazelton is located in Barber County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dacoma ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dacoma.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dacoma. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dacoma and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dacoma.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Dacoma.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dacoma:

Cemeteries Near Dacoma ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dacoma.

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 Dacoma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Garrison Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Union Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Center Cemetery
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carmen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Auburn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
  • Lutheran Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery
  • Eagle Chief Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Short Springs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Short Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Short Springs Cemetery
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (75 more) ...
    • Avard Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Avard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Avard Cemetery
    • Highland Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
    • Solf 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.<5>

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

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

  • Alva
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alva
    • Alva is located in Woods County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,882 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alva <1>
  • Aline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Noel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
    • Noel is located in Woods County
  • Cherokee
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Helena
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Helena is located in Alfalfa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <1>
  • Waynoka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynoka have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waynoka
    • Waynoka is located in Woods County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 902 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waynoka <1>
  • Driftwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Driftwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
    • Driftwood is located in Alfalfa County
  • Carwile
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carwile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwile
    • Carwile is located in Alfalfa County
  • Jet
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
    • Jet is located in Alfalfa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jet <1>
  • Cora
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Cora is located in Woods County
  • Heman
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heman
    • Heman is located in Woods County
  • Hardtner
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Winchester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Winchester is located in Woods County
    • Kiowa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Kiowa is located in Barber County (KS)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 917 people
      • Kiowa has also been known as:
      • Kiowa
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <1>
    • Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Dacoma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dacoma.

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

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dacoma) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dacoma. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6596, Longitude: -98.5635    
<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>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 Dacoma, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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