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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 Empire City (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 Empire City. 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 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.

Empire City is located in Stephens 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 Stephens County: Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady & Jefferson.

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

  • Stephens County     (The home county of Empire City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Empire City, with the one closest to Empire City listed first.
    • Gas City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
      • Gas City is located in Stephens County
    • Oil City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Stephens County
    • Meridian
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meridian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
    • Duncan
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <2>
    • Comanche
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comanche have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche
      • Comanche is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,551 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comanche <2>
    • Central High
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central High have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
      • Central High is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
    • Marlow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bray
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bray
      • Bray is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bray <2>
    • Velma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velma
      • Velma is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Velma <2>
    • Loco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco
      • Loco is located in Stephens County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco <2>
  • Caddo County
    • Cyril
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cyril have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cyril
      • Cyril is located in Caddo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,002 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cyril <2>
  • Carter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Empire City, with the one closest to Empire City listed first.
    • Countyline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Tussy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Ratliff City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ratliff City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ratliff City
      • Ratliff City is located in Carter County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ratliff City <2>
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Empire City, with the one closest to Empire City listed first.
    • Bethel
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
      • Bethel is located in Comanche County
    • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pumpkin Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
    • Geronimo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geronimo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
      • Geronimo is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,225 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geronimo <2>
    • Sterling
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lawton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Lawton is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <2>
    • Artillery Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Artillery Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
      • Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
    • Fort Sill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Elgin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elgin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Elgin is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <2>
    • Fletcher
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Richards Spur ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richards Spur. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Spur
      • Richards Spur is located in Comanche County
    • Lakeside Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeside Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
      • Lakeside Village is located in Comanche County
    • Faxon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Faxon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
      • Faxon is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Faxon <2>
    • Medicine Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medicine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Park
      • Medicine Park is located in Comanche County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 461 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Park <2>
  • Cotton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Empire City, with the one closest to Empire City listed first.
    • Hulen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulen
      • Hulen is located in Cotton County
    • Walters
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
      • Walters is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Former name for Walters:
      • Walter
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <2>
    • Temple
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Taylor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Cotton County
    • Cookietown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
      • Cookietown is located in Cotton County
    • Randlett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randlett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randlett
      • Randlett is located in Cotton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 414 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randlett <2>
  • Grady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Empire City, with the one closest to Empire City listed first.
    • Rush Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rush Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Springs
      • Rush Springs is located in Grady County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush Springs <2>
    • Cox City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox City
      • Cox City is located in Grady County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Empire City, with the one closest to Empire City listed first.
    • Addington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hastings
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Waurika
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Sugden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
  • Clay County (TX)
    • Byers
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byers have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Byers is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byers <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Empire City ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Empire City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Empire City, 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 Empire City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Empire City:

Cemeteries Near Empire City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Empire City.

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

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

  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Duncan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Duncan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Duncan Cemetery
  • Comanche Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Comanche Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Comanche Cemetery
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rock Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rock Creek Cemetery
  • Henderson - Harris Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henderson - Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henderson - Harris Cemetery
  • Folsom Foster Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Folsom Foster Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Folsom Foster Cemetery
  • Fairlawn Cemeteries
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
  • Resthaven Memorial Gardens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Corum Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Corum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Corum Cemetery
  • Old Duncan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Duncan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Duncan Cemetery
  • Diamond Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Diamond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Diamond Cemetery
  • Continue List   (78 more) ...
    • Tucker Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Shakelford Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shakelford Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<4> to the southwest of Walters.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shakelford Cemetery
    • Stoner Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stoner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stoner 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.<5>

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

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

  • Fort Sill
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Charlie
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
    • Charlie is located in Clay County (TX)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Empire City. 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>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Empire City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Empire City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4734, Longitude: -98.0566       In this case, the coordinates for Empire City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Empire City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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