Our Genealogy Helper
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 Eli (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 Eli. 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 doctors and 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.
Eli is located in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County: Adair, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah & Wagoner.
Below are the counties that are near Eli. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eli:
- Cherokee County (The home county of Eli)
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Lost City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lost City is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Hulbert
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Gideon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gideon is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gideon
- Peggs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Woodall is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodall
- Moodys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tahlequah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Zeb
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Zeb is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeb
- Park Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tsa La Gi Indian Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Welling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Proctor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chewey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Chewey is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chewey
- Wauhillau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wauhillau is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauhillau
- Rocky Mountain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mountain is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mountain
- Christie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Christie is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
- Addielee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Addielee is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addielee
- Chance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chance is located in Adair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Rocky Ford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Ford is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
- Leach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Leach is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leach
- Oaks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Twin Oaks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kansas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Hollow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bull Hollow is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Hollow
- Flint Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Creek
- Old Eucha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Eucha is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Eucha
- Tagg Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tagg Flats is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tagg Flats
- Beckwith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Beckwith is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Cloud Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cloud Creek is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Creek
- Mayes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Cedar Crest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Crest is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Ballou
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ballou is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballou
- Pin Oaks Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pin Oaks Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pin Oaks Acres
- Murphy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Murphy is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
- Iron Post
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Iron Post is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Post
- Mazie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Snake Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Snake Creek is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snake Creek
- Locust Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sams Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sams Corner is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Corner
- Chouteau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sportsmen Acres
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sportsmen Acres is located in Mayes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsmen Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Muskogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Wybark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wybark is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wybark
- Fort Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bacone
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bacone is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacone
- Muskogee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Braggs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- River Bottom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- River Bottom is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bottom
- Sour John
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sour John is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour John
- Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Taft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beland is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beland
- Haskell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jamesville is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Rogers County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Inola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gregory is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Tiawah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tiawah is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiawah
- Justice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Justice is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Sequoyah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Paradise Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Paradise Hill is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
- Evening Shade
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Evening Shade is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evening Shade
- Redbird Smith
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Redbird Smith is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbird Smith
- Box
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Box is located in Sequoyah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box
- Wagoner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Mallard Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mallard Bay is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallard Bay
- Wagoner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Okay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Anchor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- Tullahassee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tullahassee is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahassee
- Porter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Redbird
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Stones Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Stones Corner is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Corner
- Coweta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Choska ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Choska is located in Wagoner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choska
- Choska has also been known as:
- Chooska Bottoms
- Choska Bottoms
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eli, see our County-by-County Page for Eli.
Cemeteries Near Eli ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eli.
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 Eli - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eli covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Lower Ray Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hare Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hinson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keener Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hulbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Swimmer Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Downing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Downing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Ray Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Houston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Houston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Eli in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Eli.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Eli, with the one closest to Eli listed first.
- Keith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keith is located in Rogers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keith
- Martin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Muskogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eli. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eli.
Newspapers Published in Eli ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Eli.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Eli, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Eli.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Eli:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Cherokee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Delaware County
- Mayes County
- Muskogee County
- Rogers County
- Sequoyah County
- Wagoner County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oklahoma
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 Eli, 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' (or 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- Eli) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |