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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 Drumright (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 Drumright. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Drumright is primarily located in Creek County. A portion of Drumright extends into Payne 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 Creek County: Lincoln, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pawnee, Payne & Tulsa.

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

  • Creek County     (The home county of Drumright)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Drumright, with the one closest to Drumright listed first.
    • Shamrock
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Oilton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Silver City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver City is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Lawrence Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lawrence Creek is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Creek
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
    • Depew
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Pulaski ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pulaski is located in Creek County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
    • Bristow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Milfay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mannford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kellyville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Slick
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sapulpa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Kiefer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Drumright, with the one closest to Drumright listed first.
    • South Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • South Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
    • Avery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Avery is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Stroud
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Agra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Agra is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agra
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agra <1>
    • Kendrick
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Kendrick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
    • Parkland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkland is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
    • Davenport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tryon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Chandler
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Carney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sparks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Warwick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Warwick is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 150 people
  • Osage County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Drumright, with the one closest to Drumright listed first.
    • Osage
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Osage is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
      • Osage has also been known as:
      • Osage City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osage <1>
    • Prue
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pulare ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pulare is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulare
    • Wild Horse
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Wild Horse is located in Osage County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
  • Pawnee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Drumright, with the one closest to Drumright listed first.
    • Jennings
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Quay
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Quay is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quay
    • Terlton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Hallett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Maramec
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lone Chimney ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Chimney is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Chimney
    • Westport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Westport is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
    • Oak Grove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 18 people
    • Mule Barn
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mule Barn is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Barn
    • Shady Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shady Grove is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 2 people
    • Cleveland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Cody
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cody is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
    • Leroy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Leroy is located in Pawnee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Payne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Drumright, with the one closest to Drumright listed first.
    • North Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • North Village is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
    • Schlegel
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Schlegel is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schlegel
    • Cushing
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Cartoco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cartoco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartoco
    • Yale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Yale is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yale <1>
    • Ripley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cottingham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cottingham is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottingham
    • Glencoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Perkins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Vinco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Vinco is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinco
    • Yost
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Yost is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
    • Stillwater
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Cimarron City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Cimarron City is located in Payne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron City
  • Tulsa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Drumright, with the one closest to Drumright listed first.
    • Lotsee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lotsee is located in Tulsa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lotsee
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
    • Prattville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Prattville is located in Tulsa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattville
    • Sand Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Oakhurst
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Drumright ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drumright.

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

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

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

  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Drumright North Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • South Side Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hunter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shamrock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Euchee Valley Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Harrell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • St. Leo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Highland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Oilton.
    • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oilton City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99093 <2>
  • North Highland Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Silver Star Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Brooks Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Underwood 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.<3>

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

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

  • Cushing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jennings
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Stroud
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Parkland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkland is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkland
  • Ingalls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ingalls is located in Payne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls
  • Davenport
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cleveland
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Leroy
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Leroy is located in Pawnee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
  • Perkins
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Chandler
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pawnee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Stillwater
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Arlington
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Arlington is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Drumright ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drumright.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Drumright. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Drumright and those printed in the larger area surrounding Drumright.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Drumright.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Drumright:

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>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 Drumright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Drumright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.