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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 Edith (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 Edith. 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.

Edith 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 Edith. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edith:

  • Woods County     (The home county of Edith)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Freedom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freedom have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Woods County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <2>
    • Haskew ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haskew came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskew
      • Haskew is located in Woods County
    • Waynoka
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynoka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
    • Avard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avard
      • Avard is located in Woods County
    • Alva
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • 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 <2>
  • Harper County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Charleston ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charleston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
      • Charleston is located in Harper County
    • Selman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
      • Selman is located in Harper County
    • Buffalo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Woodward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Curtis
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Curtis is located in Woodward County
    • Mooreland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Quinlan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quinlan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinlan
      • Quinlan is located in Woodward County
    • Fort Supply
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodward
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Barber County (KS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Edith, with the one closest to Edith listed first.
    • Aetna ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
      • Aetna is located in Barber County (KS)
    • Eldred ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
      • Eldred is located in Barber County (KS)
  • Comanche County (KS)
    • Buttermilk
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buttermilk
      • Buttermilk is located in Comanche County (KS)

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

Newspapers Published in Edith ...

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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edith.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edith, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edith.

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 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 Edith:

Cemeteries Near Edith ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edith.

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

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

  • Nixon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
  • Freedom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freedom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freedom Cemetery
  • Lookout Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Spring Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Valley Cemetery
  • Haskew Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Fairvalley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairvalley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairvalley Cemetery
  • Preston Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Preston Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Preston Hill Cemetery
  • Cowboy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Coy Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fern Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Cemetery
  • Whitehorse Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehorse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehorse Cemetery
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Lathrop Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ewing Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lutheran Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheran Cemetery

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.<7>

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

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

  • Cora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Cora is located in Woods County
  • Heman
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heman
    • Heman is located in Woods County
  • Waynoka
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waynoka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Aetna ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aetna
    • Aetna is located in Barber County (KS)
  • Fort Supply
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Alston
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston
    • Alston is located in Woodward County
  • Curtis
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
    • Curtis is located in Woodward County
  • Winchester
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
    • Winchester is located in Woods County
  • Noel
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
    • Noel is located in Woods County
  • Eldred ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldred have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldred
    • Eldred is located in Barber County (KS)

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

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

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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- Edith) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edith. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8028, Longitude: -99.2112       In this case, the coordinates for Edith have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Edith, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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