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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 Dundee (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 Dundee. 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 doctors 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.

Dundee is located in Carter 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 Carter County: Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray & Stephens.

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

  • Carter County     (The home county of Dundee)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Healdton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Oil City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oil City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Wilson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pike City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Pike City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike City
    • Clemscott
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Clemscott is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clemscott
    • Graham
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Pruitt City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Pruitt City is located in Carter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruitt City
    • Milo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Countyline
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ratliff City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pooleville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Garvin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Pernell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Hennepin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Satterwhite
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Satterwhite is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satterwhite
    • Foster
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Katie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Katie is located in Garvin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
    • Elmore City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Ringling
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornish
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cornish is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Grady
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Grady is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
    • Petersburg
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Petersburg is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
    • Oscar
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Addington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sugden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Waurika
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Ryan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ryan is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ryan <1>
    • Fleetwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fleetwood is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleetwood
  • Love County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Orr
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Orr is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Leon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Overbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Burneyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jimtown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jimtown is located in Love County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Murray County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Davis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Village is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Village
    • Crusher
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Crusher is located in Murray County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crusher
    • Dougherty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Loco
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <1>
    • Velma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Comanche
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Meridian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Bray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Bray is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bray
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bray <1>
    • Duncan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Duncan is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <1>
  • Montague County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
    • Spanish Fort
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
    • Rowland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Rowland is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
    • Illinois Bend
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend
    • Hynds City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hynds City is located in Montague County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynds City

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

Cemeteries Near Dundee ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dundee.

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

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

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

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Dixie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cornish Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Ringling Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bomar Point Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Oil Springs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Reck Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hewitt Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewitt Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hewitt Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Wilson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #98622 <2>
  • Keller Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Loco Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Atlee Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Graham Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (121 more) ...
    • Mountain Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Orr Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Alma Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Woodford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodford is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford
  • Spanish Fort
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Spanish Fort is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Fort
  • Illinois Bend
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Illinois Bend is located in Montague County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Bend

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

Newspapers Published in Dundee ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dundee.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dundee, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dundee.

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 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 Dundee:

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