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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 Dane (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 Dane. 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 northeast 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 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.

Dane is located in Major 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 Major County: Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Garfield, Kingfisher, Woods & Woodward.

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

  • Major County     (The home county of Dane)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dane, with the one closest to Dane listed first.
    • Fairview
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Phroso ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Phroso is located in Major County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phroso
    • Orienta
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Isabella
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Cleo Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ringwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Ames
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Meno
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alfalfa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dane, with the one closest to Dane listed first.
    • Aline
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Carmen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Helena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blaine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dane, with the one closest to Dane listed first.
    • Longdale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cantonment ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Cantonment is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantonment
    • Canton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Southard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Carlton is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Okeene
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Eagle City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Eagle City is located in Blaine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle City
    • Hitchcock
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Watonga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dewey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dane, with the one closest to Dane listed first.
    • Seiling
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Oakwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Taloga
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Kingfisher County
    • Lacey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lacey is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacey
  • Woods County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dane, with the one closest to Dane listed first.
    • Heman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Heman is located in Woods County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heman
    • Waynoka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dacoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dane, with the one closest to Dane listed first.
    • Richmond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Richmond is located in Woodward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
    • Quinlan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Quinlan is located in Woodward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
    • Mutual
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Dane ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dane.

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

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

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

  • Bethel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Fern Cliff Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Longdale Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Roscoe Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian - Mennonite Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Plymouth Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cantonment Reinterment Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantonment Reinterment Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cantonment Reinterment Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Canton.
  • Cedar Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • North Mennonite Brethren Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Golden Lodge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (102 more) ...
    • Orion Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cheyenne Valley Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Mennonite Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Cantonment ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cantonment is located in Blaine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantonment
  • Fairview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Homestead
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Homestead is located in Blaine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Isabella
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Okeene
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Taloga
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Aline
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Carwile
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Carwile is located in Alfalfa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carwile
  • Richmond
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Richmond is located in Woodward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Parvin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Parvin is located in Kingfisher County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parvin
    • Fay
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Watonga
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Heman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Heman is located in Woods County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heman
    • Waynoka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Helena
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Dane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dane.

Newspapers Published in Dane ...

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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dane.

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Dane:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dane) 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 Dane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.