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 Ellaville (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 Ellaville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Ellaville is located in Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County: Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma, Pontotoc & Seminole.
Below are the counties that are near Ellaville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ellaville:
- Pottawatomie County (The home county of Ellaville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Maud
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maud is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,059 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maud <1>
- Saint Louis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
- Asher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Earlsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brooksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brooksville is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Macomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tecumseh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wanette
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tribbey
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tribbey is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribbey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Shawnee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pink
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pink is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,187 people
- Bethel Acres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Acres is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Acres
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,262 people
- Cleveland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Etowah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Little Axe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Little Axe is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Axe
- Maguire
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Maguire is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maguire
- Lexington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Slaughterville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Slaughterville is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughterville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,359 people
- Garvin County
- Stratford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hughes County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Spaulding
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Spaulding is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spaulding
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Holdenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Yeager
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yeager is located in Hughes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeager
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Atwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Prague
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Meeker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jacktown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jacktown is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacktown
- McClain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Byars
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedale is located in McClain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Okfuskee County
- Bearden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bearden is located in Okfuskee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Oklahoma County
- Newalla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pontotoc County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Oil Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oil Center is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Bebee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bebee is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bebee
- Byng
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Byng is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byng
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
- Francis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oakman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakman is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakman
- Ada
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ada is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,239 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <1>
- Homer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Homer is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Ahloso
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ahloso is located in Pontotoc County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ahloso
- Allen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fitzhugh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seminole County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Bowlegs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Konawa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lima
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lima is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Seminole
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wewoka
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sasakwa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cromwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ellaville, see our County-by-County Page for Ellaville.
Cemeteries Near Ellaville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ellaville.
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 Ellaville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ellaville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Cummings Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Little Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dripping Springs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harjo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Light Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Romulus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sacred Heart Abbey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lyon's Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Moppin Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Ellaville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ellaville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ellaville, with the one closest to Ellaville listed first.
- Sacred Heart
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacred Heart
- Romulus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Romulus is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romulus
- Anderson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Tecumseh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shawnee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Eason
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Eason is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eason
- Francis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Etowah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Etowah is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dale is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Bellemont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bellemont is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellemont
- Stella
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stella is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Denver
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Denver is located in Cleveland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ellaville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellaville.
Newspapers Published in Ellaville ...
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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellaville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ellaville, 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 Ellaville.
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 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 Ellaville:
- Websites specific to Oklahoma
- Pages specific to Pottawatomie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cleveland County
- Garvin County
- Hughes County
- Lincoln County
- McClain County
- Okfuskee County
- Oklahoma County
- Pontotoc County
- Seminole 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 Ellaville, 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 from Point A (ie- Ellaville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |