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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 Fivemile Corner (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 Fivemile Corner. 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.

Name Variations for Fivemile Corner ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fivemile Corner: Fivemile Cor. (or less commonly used: Fivemile Crn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fivemile Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fivemile Corner.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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 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.

Fivemile Corner is located in Cotton 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 Cotton County: Comanche, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman, Clay (TX) & Wichita (TX).

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

  • Cotton County     (The home county of Fivemile Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fivemile Corner, with the one closest to Fivemile Corner listed first.
    • Walters
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Walters is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,357 people
      • Former name for Walters:
      • Walter
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walters <1>
    • Temple
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hulen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hulen is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulen
    • Cookietown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cookietown is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookietown
    • Taylor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Taylor is located in Cotton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Randlett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Devol
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Comanche County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fivemile Corner, with the one closest to Fivemile Corner listed first.
    • Geronimo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bethel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Bethel is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Pumpkin Center ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Pumpkin Center is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
    • Lawton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lawton is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 93,164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawton <1>
    • Artillery Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Artillery Village is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artillery Village
    • Faxon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Fort Sill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Chattanooga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Sterling
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Richards Spur ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Richards Spur is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richards Spur
    • Cache
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cache is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cache
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,824 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cache <1>
    • Elgin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Elgin is located in Comanche County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elgin <1>
    • Medicine Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fivemile Corner, with the one closest to Fivemile Corner listed first.
    • Hastings
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Addington
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waurika
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Sugden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sugden is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
    • Ryan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
  • Stephens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fivemile Corner, with the one closest to Fivemile Corner listed first.
    • Gas City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Gas City is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas City
    • Empire City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Empire City is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 889 people
    • Comanche
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Meridian is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
    • Oil City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oil City is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
    • Duncan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Central High
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Central High is located in Stephens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central High
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,171 people
    • Marlow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bray
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
  • Tillman County
    • Grandfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Clay County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fivemile Corner, with the one closest to Fivemile Corner listed first.
    • Byers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Byers is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byers
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byers <1>
    • Thornberry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
    • Petrolia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Dean
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Dean is located in Clay County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
  • Wichita County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fivemile Corner, with the one closest to Fivemile Corner listed first.
    • Burkburnett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cashion Community
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cashion Community is located in Wichita County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cashion Community
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people

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

Cemeteries Near Fivemile Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fivemile Corner.

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 Fivemile Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Shakelford Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakelford Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Shakelford Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northeast of Walters.
  • Corum Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Walters Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Temple Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Diamond Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elm Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Elm Grove Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Walters.
    • The Elm Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salem Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #99075 <3>
  • Hastings Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hastings Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Devine Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Allendale Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Comanche Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Rock Creek Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairlawn Cemeteries
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<4>

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

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

  • Charlie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Charlie is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie
  • Thornberry
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Thornberry is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornberry
  • Fort Sill
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Hurnville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hurnville is located in Clay County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurnville

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

Newspapers Published in Fivemile Corner ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fivemile Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fivemile Corner, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fivemile Corner.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Fivemile Corner:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fivemile Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Fivemile Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.